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Yet fitfully from far breaks a mixed surf Of muffled sound, the Atheist roar of riot. Yonder, where parching Sirius set in drought, Balefully glares red Arson  there and there. YET FITFULLY FROM FAR BREAKS A MIXED SURF OF MUFFLED SOUND THE ATHEIST ROAR OF RIOT YONDER WHERE PARCHING SERIOUS SUDDEN DROUGHT BALEFULLY GLARES RED ARSON THERE AND THERE
elled by sterner pride, And Right is a strong-hold yet. Before our lines it seemed a beach Which wild September gales have strown With havoc on wreck, and dashed therewith Pale crews unknown-- Men, arms, and steeds. The evening sun Died on the face of each lifeless one, And died along the winding marge of fight And searching-parties lone. Sloped on the hill the mounds were green, Our center held that place of graves, And some still hold it in their swoon, And over these a glory waves. The warrior-monument, crashed in fight,[8] Shall soar transfigured in loftier light, A meaning ampler bear; Soldier and priest with hymn and prayer Have laid the stone, and every bone Shall rest in honor there. The House-top. A Night Piece. (July, 1863.) No sleep. The sultriness pervades the air And binds the brain--a dense oppression, such As tawny tigers feel in matted shades, Vexing their blood and making apt for ravage. Beneath the stars the roofy desert spreads Vacant as Libya. All is hushed near by.  THE HOUSETOP BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG BY JASON DE MARTINI 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 NO SLEEP THE SULTINESS PERVADES THE AIR AND BINDS THE BRAIN A DENSE OPPRESSION SUCH AS TAWNY TIGERS FEEL IN MATTED SHADES VEXING THEIR BLOOD AND MAKING APT FOR RAVAGE BENEATH THE STARS THE ROOFY DESERT SPREADS VACANT AS LIBYA ALL IS TUSH'D NEAR BY
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