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Dully through din of larger strife Shall bay that warring gun; But none the less to us who live It peals  an echoing one. The shock of ships, the jar of walls, The rush through thick and thin   The flaring fire rafts, glare and gloom   Eddies, and shells that spin   The boom chain burst, the hulks dislodged, The jam of gun boats driven, Or fired, or sunk  made up a war Like Michael's waged with leven. DULLY THROUGH DIN OF LARGER STRIFE SHALL BAY THAT WARRING GUN BUT NONE THE LESS TO US WHO LIVE IT PEALS AN ECHOING ONE THE SHOCK OF SHIPS THE JAR OF WALLS THE RUSH THROUGH THICK AND THIN THE FLARING FIRE RAFTS GLARE AND GLOOM EDDIES AND SHELLS THAT SPIN THE BOOM CHAIN BURST THE HULKS DISLODGED THE JAM OF GUNBOATS DRIVEN OR FIRED OR SUNK MADE UP A WAR LIKE MICHAEL'S WAGED WITH LEAVEN
The swallows fly low Over the field in clouded days, The forest-field of Shiloh-- Over the field where April rain Solaced the parched ones stretched in pain Through the pause of night That followed the Sunday fight Around the church of Shiloh-- The church so lone, the log-built one, That echoed to many a parting groan And natural prayer Of dying foemen mingled there-- Foemen at morn, but friends at eve-- Fame or country least their care: (What like a bullet can undeceive!) But now they lie low, While over them the swallows skim, And all is hushed at Shiloh. The Battle for the Mississipppi. (April, 1862.) When Israel camped by Migdol hoar, Down at her feet her shawm she threw, But Moses sung and timbrels rung For Pharaoh’s standed crew. So God appears in apt events-- The Lord is a man of war! So the strong wind to the muse is given In victory’s roar. Deep be the ode that hymns the fleet-- The fight by night--the fray Which bore our Flag against the powerful stream, And led it up to day.  THE BATTLE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIVERVALX DOT ORG BY MY BUOY AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED NOVEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK U DOT ETY U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASHLEAPER BOX WHEN ISRAEL CAMPED BY MIGDOL HORRE DOWN AT HER FEET HER SHOM SHE THREW BUT MOSES SUNG AND TIMBRELS RUNG FOR PHARAOH'S STRANDED CREW SO GOD APPEARS IN APT EVENTS THE LORD IS A MAN OF WAR SO THE STRONG WIND TO THE MUSES GIVEN IN VICTORY'S ROAR DEEP BE THE ODE THAT HYMNS THE FLEET THE FIGHT BY NIGHT THE FRAY WHICH BORE OUR FLAG AGAINST THE POWERFUL STREAM AND LED IT UP TO DAY
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