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The bladed guns are gleaming   Drift in lengthened trim, Files on files for hazy miles   Nebulously dim. O Milky Way of armies   Star rising after star, New banners of the Commonwealths, And eagles of the War. THE BLADED GUNS ARE GLEAMING DRIFT IN LENGTHENED TRIM FILES ON FILES FOR HAZY MILES NEBULOUSLY DIM O MILKY WAY OF ARMIES STAR RISING AFTER STAR NEW BANNERS OF THE COMMONWEALTHS AND EAGLES OF THE WAR
ould tempt him; he could dare Strike up the leveled rifle there. Sunday at Shiloh, and the day When Stonewall charged--McClellan’s crimson May, And Chickamauga’s wave of death, And of the Wilderness the cypress wreath-- All these have passed away. The life in the veins of Treason lags, Her daring color-bearers drop their flags, And yield. _Now_ shall we fire? Can poor spite be? Shall nobleness in victory less aspire Than in reverse? Spare Spleen her ire, And think how Grant met Lee. The Muster:[17] Suggested by the Two Days’ Review at Washington (May, 1865.) The Abrahamic river-- Patriarch of floods, Calls the roll of all his streams And watery mutitudes: Torrent cries to torrent, The rapids hail the fall; With shouts the inland freshets Gather to the call. The quotas of the Nation, Like the water-shed of waves, Muster into union-- Eastern warriors, Western braves. Martial strains are mingling, Though distant far the bands, And the wheeling of the squadrons Is like surf upon the sands.  THE MUSTER BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIE BRAVOX DOT ORG BY JEFF MAD OFF AT CLARK UNIVERSITY NOVEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND AND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK U DOARD EAT YOU SLASH M E N E U M AEN SLASHLEY BRAVOX THE ABRAHAMMIC RIVER PATRIARCH OF FLOODS CALLS THE ROLL OF ALL HIS STREAMS AND WATERY MULTITUDES TORRENT CRIES TO TORRENT THE RAPIDS HAIL THE FALL WITH SHOUTS THE INLAND FRESHETS GATHER TO THE CALL THE QUOTAS OF THE NATION LIKE THE WATERSHED OF WAVES MUSTER INTO UNION EASTERN WARRIORS WESTERN BRAVES MARTIAL STRAINS ARE MINGLING THOUGH DISTANT FAR THE BANDS AND THE WHEELING OF THE SQUADRONS IS LIKE SURF UPON THE SANDS
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