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So warm her heart  childless  unwed, Who like a mother comforted. SO WARM HER HEART CHILDLESS UNWED WHO LIKE A MOTHER COMFORTED
hen, to deter The Republic’s earnest faith and courage high. An Epitaph. When Sunday tidings from the front Made pale the priest and people, And heavily the blessing went, And bells were dumb in the steeple; The Soldier’s widow (summering sweerly here, In shade by waving beeches lent) Felt deep at heart her faith content, And priest and people borrowed of her cheer. Inscription for Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg. To them who crossed the flood And climbed the hill, with eyes Upon the heavenly flag intent, And through the deathful tumult went Even unto death: to them this Stone-- Erect, where they were overthrown-- Of more than victory the monument. The Mound by the Lake. The grass shall never forget this grave. When homeward footing it in the sun After the weary ride by rail, The stripling soldiers passed her door, Wounded perchance, or wan and pale, She left her household work undone-- Duly the wayside table spread, With evergreens shaded, to regale Each travel-spent and grateful one.  TWO THE MOUND BY THE LAKE BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ BY MEREDITH NEWMAN FOR LIEBERVOCK STOT ORG AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED IN MAY OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WORD PRESS DOT CLARK EU DOT E D U SLASH M E AND E U M A N SLASH LEPER BOX THE GRASS SHALL NEVER FORGET THIS GRAVE WHEN HOMEWARD FOOTING IT IN THE SUN AFTER THE WEARY RIDE BY RAIL THE STRIPLING SOLDIERS PASSED HER DOOR WOUNDED PERCHANCE OR WAN AND PALE SHE LEFT HER HOUSEHOLD WORK UNDONE DULY THE WAYSIDE TABLE SPREAD WITH EVERGREENS SHADED TO REGALE EACH TRAVEL SPENT AND GRATEFUL ONE
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