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The columns streamed like rivers Which in their course agree, And they streamed until their flashing Met the flashing of the sea: It was glorious glad marching, That marching to the sea. THE COLUMNS STREAMED LIKE RIVERS WHICH IN THEIR COURSE AGREE AND THEY STREAMED UNTIL THEIR FLASHING MET THE FLASHING OF THE SEA IT WAS GLORIOUS GLAD MARCHING THAT MARCHING TO THE SEA
no charm to stay the Boy From the martyr-passion? Could he dare Disdain the Paradise of opening joy Which beckons the fresh heart every where? Life has more lures than any girl For youth and strength; puts forth a share Of beauty, hinting of yet rarer store; And ever with unfathomable eyes, Which baffingly entice, Still strangely does Adonis draw. And life once over, who shall tell the rest? Life is, of all we know, God’s best. What imps these eagles then, that they Fling disrespect on life by that proud way In which they soar above our lower clay. Pretense of wonderment and doubt unblest: In Cushing’s eager deed was shown A spirit which brave poets own-- That scorn of life which earns life’s crown; Earns, but not always wins; but he-- The star ascended in his nativity. The March to the Sea. (December, 1864.) Not Kenesaw high-arching, Nor Allatoona’s glen-- Though there the graves lie parching-- Stayed Sherman’s miles of men; From charred Atlanta marching They launched the sword again.  THE MARCH TO SEA DECEMBER EIGHTEEN SIXTY FOUR BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBERVOX DOT ORG BY JONATHAN BRYAN AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED NOVEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK YU DOT ETER U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBERVOX NOT KENNISAH HIGH ARCHING NORHALLATUNA'S GLEN THOUGH THERE THE GRAVES LIE PARCHING STAID SHERMANS MILES OF MEN FROM CHARRED ATLANTA MARCHING THEY LAUNCHED THE SWORD AGAIN
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