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What need to tell how she was fought   The sinking flaming gun   The gunner leaping out the port   Washed back, undone! Her dead unconquerably manned The Cumberland. WHAT NEED TO TELL HOW SHE WAS FOUGHT THE SINKING FLAMING GUN THE GUNNER LEAPING OUT THE PORT WASHED BACK UNDONE HER DEAD UNCONQUEREDABLY MANNED THE CUMBERLAND
snows, Snatched the damp paper--wife and maid. The death-list like a river flows Down the pale sheet, And there the whelming waters meet. Ah God! may Time with happy haste Bring wail and triumph to a waste, And war be done; The battle flag-staff fall athwart The curs’d ravine, and wither; naught Be left of trench or gun; The bastion, let it ebb away, Washed with the river bed; and Day In vain seek Donelson. The Cumberland. (March, 1862.) Some names there are of telling sound, Whose voweled syllables free Are pledge that they shall ever live renowned; Such seem to be A Frigate’s name (by present glory spanned)-- The Cumberland. Sounding name as ere was sung, Flowing, rolling on the tongue-- Cumberland! Cumberland! She warred and sunk. There’s no denying That she was ended--quelled; And yet her flag above her fate is flying, As when it swelled Unswallowed by the swallowing sea: so grand-- The Cumberland. Goodly name as ere was sung, Roundly rolling on the tongue-- Cumberland! Cumberland!  THE CUMBERLAND BY HERMANN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBRAVOCK DOT ORG BY JASON D MARTINI 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 M A N SLASH LIEBRAVOX SOME NAMES THERE ARE OF TELLING SOUND WHOSE VOWED SYLLABLES FREE ARE PLEDGE THAT THEY SHALL EVER LIVE RENOWNED SUCH SEEMS TO BE A FRIGATE'S NAME BY PRESENT GLORY SPANNED THE CUMBERLAND SOUNDING NAME AS E'ER WAS SUNG FLOWING ROLLING ON THE TONGUE CUMBERLAND CUMBERLAND SHE WARRED AND SUNK THERE'S NO DENYING THAT SHE WAS ENDED QUELLED AND YET HER FLAG ABOVE HER FATE IS FLYING AS WHEN IT SWELLED UNSWALLOWED BY THE SWALLOWING SEA SO GRAND THE CUMBERLAND GOODLY NAME AS E'ER WAS SUNG ROUNDLY ROLLING ON THE TONGUE CUMBERLAND CUMBERLAND
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