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Later, and it streamed in fight When tempest mingled with the fray, And over the spear point of the shaft I saw the ambiguous lightning play. Valor with Valor strove, and died: Fierce was Despair, and cruel was Pride; And the lorn Mother speechless stood, Pale at the fury of her brood. LATER AND IT STREAMED IN FIGHT WHEN TEMPEST MINGLED WITH THE FRAY AND OVER THE SPEAR POINT OF THE SHAFT I SAW THE AMBIGUOUS LIGHTNING PLAY VALOUR WITH VALOUR STROVE AND DIED FIERCE WAS DESPAIR AND CRUEL WAS PRIDE AND THE LORN MOTHER SPEECHLESS STOOD PALE AT THE FURY OF HER BROOD
in the name of Heaven; And honor in both was chief. Warred one for Right, and one for Wrong? So be it; but they both were young-- Each grape to his cluster clung, All their elegies are sung. The anguish of maternal hearts Must search for balm divine; But well the striplings bore their fated parts (The heavens all parts assign)-- Never felt life’s care or cloy. Each bloomed and died an unabated Boy; Nor dreamed what death was--thought it mere Sliding into some vernal sphere. They knew the joy, but leaped the grief, Like plants that flower ere comes the leaf-- Which storms lay low in kindly doom, And kill them in their flush of bloom. America. I. Where the wings of a sunny Dome expand I saw a Banner in gladsome air-- Starry, like Berenice’s Hair-- Afloat in broadened bravery there; With undulating long-drawn flow, As rolled Brazilian billows go Voluminously o’er the Line. The Land reposed in peace below; The children in their glee Were folded to the exulting heart Of young Maternity. II.  AMERICA BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBERVOCK STOT ORG BY JONATHAN BRYAN AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED NOVEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK EW DOT E D U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBERVOX ONE WHERE THE WINGS OF SUNNY DOME EXPAND I SAW A BANNER AND GLADSOME AIR STARRY LIKE BARONESS HAIR AFLOAT IN BROADENED BRAVERY THERE WITH UNDULATING LAWN DRAWN FLOW AS ROLLED BRAZILIAN BILLOWS GO VOLUMINOUSLY O'ER THE LINE THE LAND REPOSED IN PEACE BELOW THE CHILDREN IN THEIR GLEE WHERE FOLDED TO THE EXULTING HEART OF YOUNG MATERNITY TWO
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