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large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_41_melville_64kb
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Fitfully assailing it A wind from heaven blows, Shivering and paling it To blankness of the snows; While, incessant in renewal, The Arch rekindled grows, Till again the gem and jewel Whirl in blinding overthrows   Till, prevailing and transcending, Lo, the Glory perfect there, And the contest finds an ending, For repose is in the air. FITFULLY ASSAILING IT A WIND FROM HEAVEN BLOWS SHIVERING AND PALING IT TO BLANKNESS OF THE SNOWS WHILE INCESSANT IN RENEWAL THE ARCH REKINDLED GROWS TILL AGAIN THE GEM AND JEWEL WHIRL IN BLINDING OVERTHROWS TLL PREVAILING ENTRANSCENDING LO THE GLORY PERFECT THERE AND THE CONTEST FINDS AN ENDING FOR REPOSES IN THE AIR
 by Roman arms we sing, As on Pharsalia’s day, But Treason thrown, though a giant grown, And Freedom’s larger play. All human tribes glad token see In the close of the wars of Grant and Lee. A Canticle: Significant of the national exaltation of enthusiasm at the close of the War. O the precipice Titanic Of the congregated Fall, And the angle oceanic Where the deepening thunders call-- And the Gorge so grim, And the firmamental rim! Multitudinously thronging The waters all converge, Then they sweep adown in sloping Solidity of surge. The Nation, in her impulse Mysterious as the Tide, In emotion like an ocean Moves in power, not in pride; And is deep in her devotion As Humanity is wide. Thou Lord of hosts victorious, The confluence Thou hast twined; By a wondrous way and glorious A passage Thou dost find-- A passage Thou dost find: Hosanna to the Lord of hosts, The hosts of human kind. Stable in its baselessness When calm is in the air, The Iris half in tracelessness Hovers faintly fair.  ACANTICLE BY HERMANN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG BY ANDREW DOG AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED NOVEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK U DOT E D U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBRAVOX O THE PRECIPICE TITANIC OF THE CONGREGATED FALL AND THE ANGLE OCEANIC WHERE THE DEEP'NING THUNDERS CALL AND THE GORGE SO GRIM AND THE FIRMAMENTAL RIM MULTITUDINOUSLY THRONGING THE WATERS ALL CONVERGE THEN THEY SWEEP ADOWN IN SLOPING SOLIDITY OF SURGE THE NATION IN HER IMPULSE MYSTERIOUS AS THE TIDE IN EMOTION LIKE AN OCEAN MOVES IN POWER NOT IN PRIDE AND AS DEEP IN HER DEVOTION AS HUMANITY IS WIDE THOU LORD OF HOSTS VICTORIOUS THE CONFLUENCE THOU HAST TWINED BY A WONDROUS WAY AND GLORIOUS A PASSAGE THOU DOST FIND A PASSAGE THOU DOST FIND HOSANNA TO THE LORD OF HOSTS THE HOSTS OF HUMAN KIND STABLE IN ITS BASELESSNESS WHEN CALM IS IN THE AIR THE IRIS HALF IN TRACELESSNESS HOVERS FAINTLY FAIR
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