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(1860.) When ocean clouds over inland hills Sweep storming in late autumn brown, And horror the sodden valley fills, And the spire falls crashing in the town, I muse upon my country's ills   The tempest bursting from the waste of Time On the world's fairest hope linked with man's foulest crime. Nature's dark side is heeded now   (Ah! BOX WHEN OCEAN CLOUDS OVER INLAND HILLS SWEEPS STORMING IN LATE AUTUMN BROWN AND HORROR THE SODDEN VALLEY FILLS AND THE SPIRE FALLS CRASHING IN THE TOWN I MUSE UPON MY COUNTRY'S ILLS THE TEMPEST BURSTING FROM THE WASTE OF TIME ON THE WORLD'S FAIREST HOPE LINKED WITH MAN'S FOULEST CRIME NATURE'S DARK SIDE IS HEATED NOW AH
 the geographical area covered by the war--from these but a few themes have been taken, such as for any cause chanced to imprint themselves upon the mind. The aspects which the strife as a memory assumes are as manifold as are the moods of involuntary meditation--moods variable, and at times widely at variance. Yielding instinctively, one after another, to feelings not inspired from any one source exclusively, and unmindful, without purposing to be, of consistency, I seem, in most of these verses, to have but placed a harp in a window, and noted the contrasted airs which wayward wilds have played upon the strings.] The Portent. (1859.) Hanging from the beam, Slowly swaying (such the law), Gaunt the shadow on your green, Shenandoah! The cut is on the crown (Lo, John Brown), And the stabs shall heal no more. Hidden in the cap Is the anguish none can draw; So your future veils its face, Shenandoah! But the streaming beard is shown (Weird John Brown), The meteor of the the war. Misgivings.  MISGIVINGS BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBERVOX DOT ORG BY LAURA MATTHEW AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED OCTOBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARKIE DOT EATY U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASHLEEPER
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