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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. LIBERVOX 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 SWEETLY HERE IN SHADE BY WAVING BEECHES LENT FELT DEEP AT HEART HER FAITH CONTENT AND PRIEST AND PEOPLE BORROWED OF HER CHEER
 we were ruled by the traitor’s choice. Nor long we stood to trim and poise, But marched, and fell--victorious! The Fortitude of the North under the Disaster of the Second Manassas. They take no shame for dark defeat While prizing yet each victory won, Who fight for the Right through all retreat, Nor pause until their work is done. The Cape-of-Storms is proof to every throe; Vainly against that foreland beat Wild winds aloft and wilder waves below: The black cliffs gleam through rents in sleet When the livid Antarctic storm-clouds glow. On the Men of Maine killed in the Victory of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Afar they fell. It was the zone Of fig and orange, cane and lime (A land how all unlike their own, With the cold pine-grove overgrown), But still their Country’s clime. And there in youth they died for her-- The Volunteers, For her went up their dying prayers: So vast the Nation, yet so strong the tie. What doubt shall come, then, to deter The Republic’s earnest faith and courage high.  TWO AN EPITAPH BY HERMANN MELVILLE READ BY MEREDITH NEWMAN FOR LIEBERVOX DOT ORG AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED IN MAY OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WORD PRESS DOT CLARK U DOT E D U SLASH M E AND E U M A N SLASH
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