A drizzly November in my soul? Time to get to sea.

What it means

Ishmael's cure for gloom is the sea. When your mood turns gray and heavy, change your horizon. Get out on the water.

The source

"A drizzly November in my soul? Time to get to sea." Herman Melville said it in Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 1. Written in English: Moby-Dick, 1851.

"whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul ... I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can."

Original English (Moby-Dick, 1851), Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 1. Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Herman Melville (1819–1891). Sailed on a whaler in the Pacific as a young man, then wrote Moby-Dick (1851), the great American novel of the sea.

Questions

What does "A drizzly November in my soul? Time to get to sea." mean?

Ishmael's cure for gloom is the sea. When your mood turns gray and heavy, change your horizon. Get out on the water.

Who said "A drizzly November in my soul? Time to get to sea."?

Herman Melville (1819–1891). Source: Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 1.

What is the original wording?

whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul ... I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can (Original English (Moby-Dick, 1851)). Written in English: Moby-Dick, 1851.

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