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You'll say I'm doting; do but think I scudded round the Horn in one   The Tenedos, a glorious Good old craft as ever run   Sunk (how all unmeet!) With the Old Stone Fleet. YOU'LL SAY I'M DOTING DO BUT THINK I SCUDDED ROUND THE HORN IN ONE THE TENEDOSE A GLORIOUS GOOD OLD CRAFT AS EVER RUN SUNK HOW ALL UNMEET WITH THE OLD STONE FLEET
 Would come to thin their shining throng? Youth feels immortal, like the gods sublime. Weeks passed; and at my window, leaving bed, By night I mused, of easeful sleep bereft, On those brave boys (Ah War! thy theft); Some marching feet Found pause at last by cliffs Potomac cleft; Wakeful I mused, while in the street Far footfalls died away till none were left. Dupont’s Round Fight. (November, 1861.) In time and measure perfect moves All Art whose aim is sure; Evolving ryhme and stars divine Have rules, and they endure. Nor less the Fleet that warred for Right, And, warring so, prevailed, In geometric beauty curved, And in an orbit sailed. The rebel at Port Royal felt The Unity overawe, And rued the spell. A type was here, And victory of Law. The Stone Fleet.[2] An Old Sailor’s Lament. (December, 1861.) I have a feeling for those ships, Each worn and ancient one, With great bluff bows, and broad in the beam; Ay, it was unkindly done. But so they serve the Obsolete-- Even so, Stone Fleet!  THE STONE FLEET BY HERMAN MELVILLE BRED FOR LIEBRAVOX DOT ORK BY ANDREW DOYKE AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED OCTOBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK U DOT E D U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBRAVOX I HAVE A FEELING FOR THOSE SHIPS EACH WORN AND ANCIENT ONE WITH GREAT BLUFF BOUGHS AND BROAD IN THE BEAM AY IT WASN'T UNKINDLY DONE BUT SO THEY SERVE THE OBSOLETE EVEN SO STONE FLEET
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