Who Dares Rouse Leviathan

Who dares rouse Leviathan, the Giant beneath the heaving deeps? This world now teams with Ahabs whose heaping anger never sleeps. Each one wants to hook its jaw and each to press its tongue; to try its rich and fragrant oil and see it bound and beached and dumb. Poor soul captains on fragile ships vainly sharpening the barbless spear. The Whale scoffs beneath the waves, rising to teach all wisdom through fear. Soon the Brute will breach and blow and send each Pequod down below.