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The paralysis of arm In the anguish of the heart; And the hollowness and dearth. The appealings of the mother To brother and to brother Not in hatred so to part   And the fissure in the hearth Growing momently more wide. Then the glances 'tween the Fates, And the doubt on every side, And the patience under gloom In the stoniness that waits The finality of doom. THE PARALYSIS OF ARM IN THE ANGUISH OF THE HEART AND THE HOLLOWNESS AND EARTH THE APPEALINGS OF THE MOTHER TO BROTHER AND TO BROTHER NOT IN HATRED SO TO PART AND THE FISSURE IN THE HEARTH GROWING MOMENTLY MORE WIDE THEN THE GLANCES BETWEEN THE FATES AND THE DOUBT ON EVERY SIDE AND THE PATIENCE UNDER GLOOM IN THE STONINESS THAT WAITS THE FINALITY OF DOOM
 and the happier world. (_The poor old Past, The Future’s slave, She drudged through pain and crime To bring about the blissful Prime, Then--perished. There’s a grave!_) Power unanointed may come-- Dominion (unsought by the free) And the Iron Dome, Stronger for stress and strain, Fling her huge shadow athwart the main; But the Founders’ dream shall flee. Agee after age shall be As age after age has been, (From man’s changeless heart their way they win); And death be busy with all who strive-- Death, with silent negative. YEA, AND NAY-- EACH HATH HIS SAY; BUT GOD HE KEEPS THE MIDDLE WAY. NONE WAS BY WHEN HE SPREAD THE SKY; WISDOM IS VAIN, AND PROPHESY. Apathy and Enthusiasm. (1860-1.) I O the clammy cold November, And the winter white and dead, And the terror dumb with stupor, And the sky a sheet of lead; And events that came resounding With the cry that _All was lost_, Like the thunder-cracks of massy ice In intensity of frost-- Bursting one upon another Through the horror of the calm.  APATHY AND ENTHUSIASM BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBRAVOCK STOT ORG BY SASSHA KOHAN AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED OCTOBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK EU DOT ETY U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBERVOX OH THE CLAMMY COLD NOVEMBER AND THE WINTER WHITE AND DEAD AND THE TERROR DUMB WITH STUPOR AND THE SKY A SHEET OF LEAD AND EVENTS THAT CAME RESOUNDING WITH THE CRY THAT ALL WAS LOST LIKE THE THUNDERCRACKS OF MASSY ICE IN INTENSITY OF FROST BURSTING ONE UPON ANOTHER THROUGH THE HORROR OF THE CALM
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