GRGR(4) A Rose|bud| By Any Other Name

s~Z mcmullenm at vcss.k12.ca.us
Wed Jun 16 23:16:40 CDT 1999


"Upon her head boards, in large gilt letters, he read 'Bouton de Rose,'
-- Rose-button, or Rose-bud; and this was the romantic name of this
aromatic ship.

[...]

"'A wooden rose-bud, eh?' he cried with his hand to his nose, 'that will
do very well; but how like all creation it smells!'"

Moby Dick, Ch. 91, 'The Pequod meets the Rose-bud'



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