BytheMainmast;Starbuckleaningagainstit. Mysoulismorethanmatched;she’sover-manned;andbyamadman! Insufferablesting,thatsanityshouldgroundarmsonsuchafield! Buthedrilleddeepdown,andblastedallmyreasonoutofme! IthinkIseehisimpiousend;butfeelthatImusthelphimtoit. WillI,nillI,theineffablethinghastiedmetohim;towsmewithacableIhavenoknifetocut.Horribleoldman! Who’soverhim,hecries;-aye,hewouldbeademocrattoallabove;look,howhelordsitoverallbelow!Oh! Iplainlyseemymiserableoffice,-toobey,rebelling;andworseyet,tohatewithtouchofpity! ForinhiseyesIreadsomeluridwoewouldshrivelmeup,hadIit.Yetistherehope.Timeandtideflowwide. Thehatedwhalehastheroundwateryworldtoswimin,asthesmallgold-fishhasitsglassyglobe. Hisheaven-insultingpurpose,Godmaywedgeaside. Iwouldupheart,wereitnotlikelead. Butmywholeclock’srundown;myhearttheall-controllingweight,Ihavenokeytoliftagain. [Aburstofrevelryfromtheforecastle.] Oh,God!tosailwithsuchaheathencrewthathavesmalltouchofhumanmothersinthem!Whelpedsomewherebythesharkishsea.Thewhitewhaleistheirdemigorgon.Hark!theinfernalorgies!thatrevelryisforward!marktheunfalteringsilenceaft!Methinksitpictureslife. Foremostthroughthesparklingseashootsonthegay,embattled,banteringbow,butonlytodragdarkAhabafterit,wherehebroodswithinhissternwardcabin,buildedoverthedeadwaterofthewake,andfurtheron,huntedbyitswolfishgurglings.Thelonghowlthrillsmethrough!Peace!yerevellers,andsetthewatch!Oh,life! ‘tisinanhourlikethis,withsoulbeatdownandheldtoknowledge,-aswild,untutoredthingsareforcedtofeed-Oh,life! ‘tisnowthatIdofeelthelatenthorrorinthee!but‘tisnotme! thathorror’soutofme,andwiththesoftfeelingofthehumaninme,yetwillItrytofightye,yegrim,phantomfutures! Standbyme,holdme,bindme,Oyeblessedinfluences! 
