Wondering if Melville read William Bartram's Travels 🤔🧐
— Scott Norsworthy 🇺🇸 (@Melvilliana) November 3, 2024
Near the end of Mardi (1849) flowers flow like rivers and streams through meadows:
"Following the maidens, we now took our way along a winding vale; where, by sweet-scented hedges, flowed blue-braided brooks; their… pic.twitter.com/NkE4QnXP5i