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Ay, man is manly. Here you see The warrior carriage of the head, And brave dilation of the frame; And lighting all, the soul that led In Spottsylvaniaa's charge to victory, Which justifies his fame. AY MAN IS MANLY HERE YOU SEE THE WARRIOR CARRIAGE OF THE HEAD AND BRAVE VIOLATION OF THE FRAME AND LIGHTING ALL THE SOUL THAT LED HENCE PENNSYLVANIA'S CHARGE TO VICTORY WHICH JUSTIFIES HIS FAME
 priest with book and band Shall come to the secret place Of the corpse in the foeman’s land._ Watch and fast, march and fight--clutch your gun? Day-fights and night-fights; sore is the strees; Look, through the pines what line comes on? Longstreet slants through the hauntedness? ’Tis charge for charge, and shout for yell: Such battles on battles oppress-- But Heaven lent strength, the Right strove well, And emerged from the Wilderness. _Emerged, for the way was won; But the Pillar of Smoke that led Was brand-like with ghosts that went up Ashy and red._ None can narrate that strife in the pines, A seal is on it--Sabaean lore! Obscure as the wood, the entangled rhyme But hints at the maze of war-- Vivid glimpses or livid through peopled gloom, And fires which creep and char-- A riddle of death, of which the slain Sole solvers are. _Long they withhold the roll Of the shroudless dead. It is right; Not yet can we bear the flare Of the funeral light._ On the Photograph of a Corps Commander.  ON THE PHOTOGRAPH OF A CORPS COMMANDER BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBERVOX DOT ORG BY JOHN CLINGOPHER AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED NOVEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK EW DOT E D U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBERVOX
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