large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_41_melville_64kb_1
large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_41_melville_64kb
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Stable in its baselessness When calm is in the air, The Iris half in tracelessness Hovers faintly fair. STABLE IN ITS BASELESSNESS WHEN CALM IS IN THE AIR THE IRIS HALF IN TRACELESSNESS HOVERS FAINTLY FAIR
at 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. 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! Multitudinously thronging The waters all converge, Then they sweep adown in sloping Solidity of surge. The Nation, in her impulse Mysterious as the Tide, In emotion like an ocean Moves in power, not in pride; And is deep in her devotion As Humanity is wide. Thou Lord of hosts victorious, The confluence Thou hast twined; By a wondrous way and glorious A passage Thou dost find-- A passage Thou dost find: Hosanna to the Lord of hosts, The hosts of human kind.  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 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 MULTITUDINOUSLY THRONGING THE WATERS ALL CONVERGE THEN THEY SWEEP ADOWN IN SLOPING SOLIDITY OF SURGE THE NATION IN HER IMPULSE MYSTERIOUS AS THE TIDE IN EMOTION LIKE AN OCEAN MOVES IN POWER NOT IN PRIDE AND AS DEEP IN HER DEVOTION AS HUMANITY IS WIDE THOU LORD OF HOSTS VICTORIOUS THE CONFLUENCE THOU HAST TWINED BY A WONDROUS WAY AND GLORIOUS A PASSAGE THOU DOST FIND A PASSAGE THOU DOST FIND HOSANNA TO THE LORD OF HOSTS THE HOSTS OF HUMAN KIND
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