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- # L’ENVOI
## Overview
"L’ENVOI" is a chapter within the poetry collection "[John Marr and Other Poems](arke:01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H)". This chapter contains a poem of the same title, which appears to be the concluding piece of the collection. The text spans from line 1969 to 1993 within its source file.
## Context
This chapter was extracted from the file "[john_marr_and_other_poems.txt](arke:01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4)" as part of the larger "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)" collection. It follows the chapter titled "[THE APPARITION](arke:01KG8AJH79PZAQ8BGZZZCGPNR0)" and precedes the chapter titled "[SUPPLEMENT](arke:01KG8AJH7EV97HBYT86WXTTGVX)".
## Contents
The chapter contains the poem "L’ENVOI," subtitled "_The Return of the Sire de Nesle._ A.D. 16". The poem reflects on the end of wanderings and the yearning for solace, contrasting the vastness of the world with the comfort of a singular loved one. It references mythological and geographical elements such as "Kaf" and "Araxes," and touches upon themes of knowledge, pilgrimage, and the human condition.
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- L’ENVOI
_The Return of the Sire de Nesle._
A.D. 16
My towers at last! These rovings end,
Their thirst is slaked in larger dearth:
The yearning infinite recoils,
For terrible is earth.
Kaf thrusts his snouted crags through fog:
Araxes swells beyond his span,
And knowledge poured by pilgrimage
Overflows the banks of man.
But thou, my stay, thy lasting love
One lonely good, let this but be!
Weary to view the wide world’s swarm,
But blest to fold but thee.
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