large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_26_melville_64kb_9
large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_26_melville_64kb
English
7841
From right to left, from left to right They roll the rallying cheer   Vie with each other, brother with brother, Who shall the first appear   What color bearer with colors clear In sharp relief, like sky drawn Grant, Whose cigar must now be near the stump   While in solicitude his back Heap slowly to a hump. FROM RIGHT TO LEFT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THEY ROLL THE RALLYING CHEER VIE WITH EACH OTHER BROTHER WITH BROTHER WHO SHALL THE FIRST APPEAR WHAT COLOR BEARER WITH COLOURS CLEAR IN SHARP RELIEF LIKE SKY DRAWN GRANT WHOSE CIGAR MUST NOW BE NEAR THE STUMP WHILE IN SOLICITUDE HIS BACK HEAP SLOWLY TO A HUMP
ling the rein-- But you must know your men. On yester-morn in grayish mist, Armies like ghosts on hills had fought, And rolled from the cloud their thunders loud The Cumberlands far had caught: To-day the sunlit steeps are sought. Grant stood on cliffs whence all was plain, And smoked as one who feels no cares; But mastered nervousness intense Alone such calmness wears. The summit-cannon plunge their flame Sheer down the primal wall, But up and up each linking troop In stretching festoons crawl-- Nor fire a shot. Such men appall The foe, though brave. He, from the brink, Looks far along the breadth of slope, And sees two miles of dark dots creep, And knows they mean the cope. He sees them creep. Yet here and there Half hid ’mid leafless groves they go; As men who ply through traceries high Of turreted marbles show-- So dwindle these to eyes below. But fronting shot and flanking shell Sliver and rive the inwoven ways; High tops of oaks and high hearts fall, But never the climbing stays. NTAIN THEN SO MASTER RIDERS FLING THE RAIN BUT YOU MUST KNOW YOUR MEN ON YESTER MORN IN GREYISH MIST ARMIES LIKE GHOSTS ON HILLS HAD FOUGHT AND ROLLED FROM THE CLOUD THEIR THUNDERS LOUD THE CUMBERLANDS FAR HAD CAUGHT TO DAY THE SUNLIGHT STEEPS ARE SOUGHT GRANT STOOD ON CLIFFS WHENCE ALL WAS PLAIN AND SMOKED AS ONE WHO FEELS NO CARES BUT MASTERED NERVOUSNESS INTENSE ALONE SUCH CALMNESS WEARS THE SUMMIT CANNON PLUNGE THEIR FLAME SHEER DOWN THE PRIMAL WALL BUT UP AND UP EACH LINKING TROOP IN STRETCHING FESTOONS CRAWL NOR FIRE A SHOT SUCH MEN APPALL THE FOE THOUGH BRAVE HE FROM THE BRINK LOOKS FAR ALONG THE BREADTH OF SLOPE AND SEES TWO MILES OF DARK DOTS CREEP AND KNOWS THEY MEAN THE COPE HE SEES THEM CREEP YET HERE AND THERE HALF HID MID LEAFLESS GROVES THEY GO AS MEN WHO PLY THROUGH TRACERIES HIGH OF TURRETED MARBLE SHOW SO DWINDLE THESE TO EYES BELOW BUT FRONTING SHOT AND FLANKING SHELL SLIVER AND RIVE THE INWOVEN WAYS HIGH TOPS OF OAKS AND HIGH HEARTS FALL BUT NEVER THE CLIMBING STAYS
large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_26_melville_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_26_melville_64kb.flac