large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_56_melville_64kb_2
large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_56_melville_64kb
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But seldom the laurel wreath is seen Unmixed with pensive pansies dark; There's a light and a shadow on every man Who at last attains his lifted mark   Nursing through night the ethereal spark. BUT SELDOM THE LAUREL WREATH IS SEEN UNMIXED WITH PENSIVE PANSIES DARK THERE'S A LIGHT AND A SHADOW ON EVERY MAN WHO AT LAST ATTAINS HIS LIFTED MARK NURSING THROUGH NIGHT THE ETHEREAL SPARK
 Though there the homestead be, and call, And thitherward winds and waters sway-- As such lorn mariners, so fared they. But naught shall now their peace molest. Their fame is this: they did endure-- Endure, when fortitude was vain To kindle any approving strain Which they might hear. To these who rest, This healing sleep alone was sure. Commemorative of a Naval Victory. Sailors there are of gentlest breed, Yet strong, like every goodly thing; The discipline of arms refines, And the wave gives tempering. The damasked blade its beam can fling; It lends the last grave grace: The hawk, the hound, and sworded nobleman In Titian’s picture for a king, Are of Hunter or warrior race. In social halls a favored guest In years that follow victory won, How sweet to feel your festal fame, In woman’s glance instinctive thrown: Repose is yours--your deed is known, It musks the amber wine; It lives, and sheds a litle from storied days Rich as October sunsets brown, Which make the barren place to shine.  COMMEMORATIVE OF A NAVAL VICTORY BY HERMANN MELVILLE READ BY MEREDITH NEWMAN FOR LIEBERVOCK STOTT ORG AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED IN MAY OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WORD PRESS DOT CLARK U DOT E D U SLASH M E AND E U M A N SLASH LIEBERVOX SAILORS THERE ARE OF GENTLEST BREED YET STRONG LIKE EVERY GOODLY THING THE DISCIPLINE OF ARMS REFINES AND THE WAVE GIVES TEMPERING THE DAMASK BLADE ITS BEAM CAN FLING IT LENDS THE LAST GRAVE GRACE THE HAWK THE HOUND THE SORDID NOBLEMAN IN TITIAN'S PICTURE FOR A KING ARE OF HUNTER OR WARRIOR RACE IN SOCIAL HALLS A FAVORED GUEST IN YEARS THAT FOLLOW VICTORY WON HOW SWEETLY TO FEEL YOUR FESTAL FAME IN WOMAN'S GLANCE INSTINCTIVE THRONE REPOSE IS YOURS YOUR DEED IS KNOWN IT MUSKS THE AMBER WINE IT LIVES IN SHEDS A LITTLE FROM STORIED DAYS RICH AS OCTOBER SUNSET'S BROWN WHICH MAKE THE BARREN PLACE TO SHINE
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