The Man-O-War Hawk

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Yon black man-of-war-hawk that wheels in
  the light
O'er the black ship's white sky-s'l, sunned
  cloud to the sight,
Have we low-flyers wings to ascend to his
  height?
No arrow can reach him; nor thought can
  attain
To the placid supreme in the sweep of his
  reign.

© Herman Melville