Herman Melville Poems

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11.
The Martyr

Good Friday was the day
Of the prodigy and crime,
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12.
The Portent

Hanging from the beam,
Slowly swaying (such the law),
Gaunt the shadow on the green,
Shenandoah!
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13.
Healed Of My Hurt

Healed of my hurt, I laud the inhuman Sea-
Yea, bless the Angels Four that there convene;
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14.
The Berg (A Dream)

I saw a ship of material build
(Her standards set, her brave apparel on)
Directed as by madness mere
Against a solid iceberg steer,
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15.
Aurora Borealis

What power disbands the Northern Lights
After their steely play?
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16.
We Fish

We fish, we fish, we merrily swim,
We care not for friend nor for foe.
Our fins are stout,
Our tails are out,
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17.
Dirge

We drop our dead in the sea,
The bottomless, bottomless sea;
Each bubble a hollow sigh,
As it sinks forever and aye.
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18.
A Meditation

How often in the years that close,
When truce had stilled the sieging gun,
The soldiers, mounting on their works,
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19.
Chattanooga

A kindling impulse seized the host
Inspired by heaven's elastic air;
Their hearts outran their General's plan,
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20.
A Utilitarian View Of The Monitor's Fight

Plain be the phrase, yet apt the verse,
More ponderous than nimble;
For since grimed War here laid aside
His painted pomp, 'twould ill befit
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