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Needless to dwell; the story's known. the ringing of those plates on plates Still ringeth round the world   The clangor of that blacksmith's fray. NEEDLESS TO DWELL THE STORIES KNOWN THE RINGING OF THOSE PLATES ON PLATE STILL RINGETH ROUND THE WORLD THE CLANGOR OF THE BLACKSMITH'S FRAY
emeraire, Your stern-lights fade away; Your bulwarks to the years must yield, And heart-of-oak decay. A pigmy steam-tug tows you, Gigantic, to the shore-- Dismantled of your guns and spars, And sweeping wings of war. The rivets clinch the iron-clads, Men learn a deadlier lore; But Fame has nailed your battle-flags-- Your ghost it sails before: O, the navies old and oaken, O, the Temeraire no more! A Utilitarian View of the Monitors Fight. Plain be the phrase, yet apt the verse, More ponderous than nimble; For since grimed War here laid aside His Orient pomp, ’twould ill befit Overmuch to ply The Rhyme’s barbaric cymbal. Hail to victory without the gaud Of glory; zeal that needs no fans Of banners; plain mechanic power Plied cogently in War now placed-- Where War belongs-- Among the trades and artisans. Yet this was battle, and intense-- Beyond the strife of fleets heroic; Deadlier, closer, calm ’mid storm; No passion; all went on by crank, Pivot, and screw, And calculations of caloric.  A UTILITARIAN VIEW OF THE MONITOR'S FIGHT BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBRAVOCK STOT ORG BY SAWSHA KOHEN 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 A N SLASH LIEBRAVOX PLAIN BE THE PHRASE YET APT THE VERSE MORE PONDEROUS THAN NIMBLE FOR SINCE GRIMED WAR HERE LAID ASIDE HIS ORIENT POMP TWOULD ILL BEFIT OVERMUCH TO PLY THE RHYME'S BARBARIC SYMBOL HAIL TO VICTORY WITHOUT THE GOD OF GLORY ZEAL THAT NEEDS NO FANS OF BANNERS PLAIN MECHANIC POWER PILED COGNLY IN WAR NOW PLACED WHERE WAR BELONGS AMONG THE TRADES AND ARTISANS YET THIS WAS BATTLE AND INTENSE BEYOND THE STRIFE OF FLEETS HEROIC DEADLIER CLOSER CALM MID STORM NO PASSION ALL WENT ON BY CRANK PIVOT AND SCREW AND CALCULATIONS OF CALORIC
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