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O the precipice Titanic Of the congregated Fall, And the angle oceanic Where the deepening thunders call   And the Gorge so grim, And the firmamental rim! O THE PRECIPICE TITANIC OF THE CONGREGATED FALL AND THE ANGLE OCEANIC WHERE THE DEEP'NING THUNDERS CALL AND THE GORGE SO GRIM AND THE FIRMAMENTAL RIM
 rise When wreck is on the wave-- _Bless his glaive._ Well that the faith we firmly kept, And never our aim forswore For the Terrors that trooped from each recess When fainting we fought in the Wilderness, And Hell made loud hurrah; But God is in Heaven, and Grant in the Town, And Right through might is Law-- _God’s way adore._ The Surrender at Appomattox. (April, 1865.) As billows upon billows roll, On victory victory breaks; Ere yet seven days from Richmond’s fall And crowning triumph wakes The loud joy-gun, whose thunders run By sea-shore, streams, and lakes. The hope and great event agree In the sword that Grant received from Lee. The warring eagles fold the wing, But not in Cæsar’s sway; Not Rome o’ercome by Roman arms we sing, As on Pharsalia’s day, But Treason thrown, though a giant grown, And Freedom’s larger play. All human tribes glad token see In the close of the wars of Grant and Lee. A Canticle: Significant of the national exaltation of enthusiasm at the close of the War.   ACANTICLE BY HERMANN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG BY ANDREW DOG AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED NOVEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK U DOT E D U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBRAVOX 
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