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- # THE BENCH OF BOORS
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
"THE BENCH OF BOORS" is a chapter of poetry, extracted from the text file [john_marr_and_other_poems.txt](arke:01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4). The chapter was extracted on January 30, 2026, and is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text spans lines 1680 to 1706 of the source file.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This chapter is part of the poetry collection [John Marr and Other Poems](arke:01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H). The chapter is preceded by "LONE FOUNTS" and followed by "ART". The structure extraction was performed by "structure-extraction-lambda" on January 30, 2026.
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The poem "THE BENCH OF BOORS" describes a series of scenes involving "boors" in various states: musing, dreaming, and sleeplessness. The poem uses the imagery of "boors" in a tavern setting.
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- 2026-01-30T20:48:10.895Z
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- THE BENCH OF BOORS
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- 1706
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- 2026-01-30T20:47:32.310Z
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- 1680
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- THE BENCH OF BOORS
In bed I muse on Tenier’s boors,
Embrowned and beery losels all;
A wakeful brain
Elaborates pain:
Within low doors the slugs of boors
Laze and yawn and doze again.
In dreams they doze, the drowsy boors,
Their hazy hovel warm and small:
Thought’s ampler bound
But chill is found:
Within low doors the basking boors
Snugly hug the ember-mound.
Sleepless, I see the slumberous boors
Their blurred eyes blink, their eyelids fall:
Thought’s eager sight
Aches—overbright!
Within low doors the boozy boors
Cat-naps take in pipe-bowl light.
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- THE BENCH OF BOORS