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The columns grooved their channels. Enforced their own decree, And their power met nothing larger Until it met the sea: It was glorious glad marching, A marching glad and free. THE COLUMNS GROOVED THEIR CHANNELS ENFORCED THEIR OWN DECREE AND THEIR POWER MET NOTHING LARGER UNTIL IT MET THE SEA IT WAS GLORIOUS GLAD MARCHING A MARCHING GLAD AND FREE
ell the rest? Life is, of all we know, God’s best. What imps these eagles then, that they Fling disrespect on life by that proud way In which they soar above our lower clay. Pretense of wonderment and doubt unblest: In Cushing’s eager deed was shown A spirit which brave poets own-- That scorn of life which earns life’s crown; Earns, but not always wins; but he-- The star ascended in his nativity. The March to the Sea. (December, 1864.) Not Kenesaw high-arching, Nor Allatoona’s glen-- Though there the graves lie parching-- Stayed Sherman’s miles of men; From charred Atlanta marching They launched the sword again. The columns streamed like rivers Which in their course agree, And they streamed until their flashing Met the flashing of the sea: It was glorious glad marching, That marching to the sea. They brushed the foe before them (Shall gnats impede the bull?); Their own good bridges bore them Over swamps or torrents full, And the grand pines waving o’er them Bowed to axes keen and cool.  THE MARCH TO SEA DECEMBER EIGHTEEN SIXTY FOUR BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBERVOX DOT ORG BY JONATHAN BRYAN AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED NOVEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK YU DOT ETER U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBERVOX NOT KENNISAH HIGH ARCHING NORHALLATUNA'S GLEN THOUGH THERE THE GRAVES LIE PARCHING STAID SHERMANS MILES OF MEN FROM CHARRED ATLANTA MARCHING THEY LAUNCHED THE SWORD AGAIN THE COLUMNS STREAMED LIKE RIVERS WHICH IN THEIR COURSE AGREE AND THEY STREAMED UNTIL THEIR FLASHING MET THE FLASHING OF THE SEA IT WAS GLORIOUS GLAD MARCHING THAT MARCHING TO THE SEA THEY BRUSHED THE FOE BEFORE THEM SHALL GNATS IMPEDE THE BULL THEIR OWN GOOD BRIDGES BORE THEM OVER SWAMPS OR TORRENTS FULL AND THE GRAND PINES WAVING O'ER THEM BOWED TO AXES KEEN AND COOL
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