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Events, they make the dreamers quail; Satan's old age is strong and hale, A disciplined captain, gray in skill, And Raphael a white enthusiast still; Dashed aims, at which Christ's martyrs pale, Shall Mammon's slaves fulfill? EVENTS THEY MAKE THE DREAMER'S QUAIL SATAN'S OLD AGE IS STRONG IN HALE A DISCIPLINED CAPTAIN GRAY IN SKILL AND RAPHAEL A WHITE ENTHUSIAST STILL DASH'D AIMS AT WHICH CHRIST'S MARTYRS PALE SHALL MAMMON'S SLAVES FULFIL
heal no more. Hidden in the cap Is the anguish none can draw; So your future veils its face, Shenandoah! But the streaming beard is shown (Weird John Brown), The meteor of the the war. Misgivings. (1860.) When ocean-clouds over inland hills Sweep storming in late autumn brown, And horror the sodden valley fills, And the spire falls crashing in the town, I muse upon my country’s ills-- The tempest bursting from the waste of Time On the world’s fairest hope linked with man’s foulest crime. Nature’s dark side is heeded now-- (Ah! optimist-cheer disheartened flown)-- A child may read the moody brow Of yon black mountain lone. With shouts the torrents down the gorges go, And storms are formed behind the storm we feel: The hemlock shakes in the rafter, the oak in the driving keel. The Conflict of Convictions.[1] (1860-1.) On starry heights A bugle wails the long recall; Derision stirs the deep abyss, Heaven’s ominous silence over all. Return, return, O eager Hope, And face man’s latter fall.  THE CONFLICT OF CONVICTIONS BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG BY JASON D MARTINI 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 LIEBERVOX ON STARRY HEIGHTS A BUGLE WAILS THE LONG RECALL DERISION STIRS THE DEEP ABYSS HEAVEN'S OMINOUS SILENCE OVERAW RETURN RETURN NO EAGER HOPE AND FACE MAN'S LATTER FALL
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