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Who has ever managed to force open the doors of its mouth
    and beheld the teeth that leave one in terror?
“Rows of shields adorn its back
    and are tightly sealed together.
One presses so close to the next
    that no air can pass between them.

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Will traders barter for it?
    Will they divide it up among the merchants?
Can you fill its hide with harpoons
    or its head with fishing spears?(A)
If you lay a hand on it,
    you will remember the struggle and never do it again!(B)

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Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

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