Thank you, Mr. Melville.

"Silence reigned over the before tumultuous but now deserted deck. An intense copper calm, like a universal yellow lotus , was more and more unfolding its noiseless measureless leaves upon the sea."

I've never read a more beautifully described sunset, and I dare you to find one either! If you can bear the useless compendium of whale and whaling know-how, I highly recommend Moby Dick. I read it a while ago, and every tenth chapter or so more than made up for the nine preceding. Oh the beautiful humanity.