Clarel

A Poem and Pilgrimage

in the Holy Land

1876

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Melville's Note

PART I.   JERUSALEM

i.

The Hostel

ii.

Abdon

iii.

The Sepulcher

iv.

Of the Crusaders

v.

Clarel

vi.

Tribes and Sects

vii.

Beyond the Walls

viii.

The Votary

ix.

Saint and Student

x.

Rambles

xi.

Lower Gihon

xii.

Celio

xiii.

The Arch

xiv.

In the Glen

xv.

Under the Minaret

xvi.

The Wall of Wail

xvii.

Nathan

xviii.

Night

xix.

The Fulfillment

xx.

Vale of Ashes

xxi.

By-Places

xxii.

Hermitage

xxiii.

The Close

xxiv.

The Gibe

xxv.

Huts

xxvi.

The Gate of Zion

xxvii.

Matron and Maid

xxviii.

Tomb and Fountain

xxix.

The Recluse

xxx.

The Site of the Passion

xxxi.

Rolfe

xxxii.

Of Rama

xxxiii.

By the Stone

xxxiv.

They Tarry

xxxv.

Arculf and Adamnan

xxxvi.

The Tower

xxxvii.

A Sketch

xxxviii.

The Sparrow

xxxix.

Clarel and Ruth

xl.

The Mounds

xli.

On the Wall

xlii.

Tidings

xliii.

A Procession

xliv.

The Start

 

PART II.   THE WILDERNESS

i.

The Cavalcade

ii.

The Skull-Cap

iii.

By the Garden

iv.

Of Mortmain

v.

Clarel and Glaucon

vi.

The Hamlet

vii.

Guide and Guard

viii.

Rolfe and Derwent

ix.

Through Adommin

x.

A Halt

xi.

Of Deserts

xii.

The Banker

xiii.

Flight of the Greeks

xiv.

By Achor

xv.

The Fountain

xvi.

Night in Jericho

xvii.

In Mid-Watch

xviii.

The Syrian Monk

xix.

An Apostate

xx.

Under the Mountain

xxi.

The Priest and Rolfe

xxii.

Concerning Hebrews

xxiii.

By the Jordan

xxiv.

The River-Rite

xxv.

The Dominican

xxvi.

Of Rome

xxvii.

Vine and Clarel

xxviii.

The Fog

xxix.

By the Marge

xxx.

Of Petra

xxxi.

The Inscription

xxxii.

The Encampment

xxxiii.

Lot's Sea

xxxiv.

Mortmain Reappears

xxxv.

Prelusive

xxxvi.

Sodom

xxxvii.

Of Traditions

xxxviii.

The Sleep-Walker

xxxix.

Obsequies

 

PART III.   MAR SABA

i.

In the Mountain

ii.

The Carpenter

iii.

Of the Many Mansions

iv.

The Cypriote

v.

The High Desert

vi.

Derwent

vii.

Bell and Cairn

viii.

Tents of Kedar

ix.

Of Monasteries

x.

Before the Gate

xi.

The Beaker

xii.

The Timoneer's Story

xiii.

Song and Recitative

xiv.

The Revel Closed

xv.

In Moonlight

xvi.

The Easter Fire

xvii.

A Chant

xviii.

The Minster

xix.

The Masque

xx.

Afterward

xxi.

In Confidence

xxii.

The Medallion

xxiii.

Derwent with the Abbot

xxiv.

Vault and Grotto

xxv.

Derwent and the Lesbian

xxvi.

Vine and the Palm

xxvii.

Man and Bird

xxviii.

Mortmain and the Palm

xxix.

Rolfe and the Palm

xxx.

The Celibate

xxxi.

The Recoil

xxxii.

Empty Stirrups

PART IV.   BETHLEHEM

i.

In Saddle

ii.

The Ensign

iii.

The Island

iv.

An Intruder

v.

Of the Stranger

vi.

Bethlehem

vii.

At Table

viii.

The Pillow

ix.

The Shepherds' Dale

x.

A Monument

xi.

Disquiet

xii.

Of Pope and Turk

xiii.

The Church of the Star

xiv.

Soldier and Monk

xv.

Symphonies

xvi.

The Convent Roof

xvii.

A Transition

xviii.

The Hill-Side

xix.

A New-Comer

xx.

Derwent and Ungar

xxi.

Ungar and Rolfe

xxii.

Of Wickedness the Word

xxiii.

Derwent and Rolfe

xxiv.

Twilight

xxv.

The Invitation

xxvi.

The Prodigal

xxvii.

By Parapet

xxviii.

David's Well

xxix.

The Night Ride

xxx.

The Valley of Decision

xxxi.

Dirge

xxxii.

Passion Week

xxxiii.

Easter

xxxiv.

Via Crucis

xxxv.

Epilogue