large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_26_melville_64kb_4
large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_26_melville_64kb
English
7841
He sees them creep. Yet here and there Half hid 'mid leafless groves they go; As men who ply through traceries high Of turreted marbles show   So dwindle these to eyes below. HE SEES THEM CREEP YET HERE AND THERE HALF HID MID LEAFLESS GROVES THEY GO AS MEN WHO PLY THROUGH TRACERIES HIGH OF TURRETED MARBLE SHOW SO DWINDLE THESE TO EYES BELOW
 right. Chattanooga. (November, 1863.) A kindling impulse seized the host Inspired by heaven’s elastic air;[9] Their hearts outran their General’s plan, Though Grant commanded there-- Grant, who without reserve can dare; And, “Well, go on and do your will” He said, and measured the mountain then: So master-riders fling the rein-- But you must know your men. On yester-morn in grayish mist, Armies like ghosts on hills had fought, And rolled from the cloud their thunders loud The Cumberlands far had caught: To-day the sunlit steeps are sought. Grant stood on cliffs whence all was plain, And smoked as one who feels no cares; But mastered nervousness intense Alone such calmness wears. The summit-cannon plunge their flame Sheer down the primal wall, But up and up each linking troop In stretching festoons crawl-- Nor fire a shot. Such men appall The foe, though brave. He, from the brink, Looks far along the breadth of slope, And sees two miles of dark dots creep, And knows they mean the cope.  WORD PRESS DOT CLARK EW DOT E D U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBRAVOX A KINDLING IMPULSE SEIZED THE HOST INSPIRED BY HEAVEN'S ELASTIC AIR THEIR HEARTS OUTRAN THEIR GENERAL'S PLAN THOUGH GRANT COMMANDED THERE GRANT WHO WITHOUT RESERVE CAN DARE AND WELL GO ON AND DO YOUR WILL HE SAID AND MEASURED THE MOUNTAIN THEN SO MASTER RIDERS FLING THE RAIN BUT YOU MUST KNOW YOUR MEN ON YESTER MORN IN GREYISH MIST ARMIES LIKE GHOSTS ON HILLS HAD FOUGHT AND ROLLED FROM THE CLOUD THEIR THUNDERS LOUD THE CUMBERLANDS FAR HAD CAUGHT TO DAY THE SUNLIGHT STEEPS ARE SOUGHT GRANT STOOD ON CLIFFS WHENCE ALL WAS PLAIN AND SMOKED AS ONE WHO FEELS NO CARES BUT MASTERED NERVOUSNESS INTENSE ALONE SUCH CALMNESS WEARS THE SUMMIT CANNON PLUNGE THEIR FLAME SHEER DOWN THE PRIMAL WALL BUT UP AND UP EACH LINKING TROOP IN STRETCHING FESTOONS CRAWL NOR FIRE A SHOT SUCH MEN APPALL THE FOE THOUGH BRAVE HE FROM THE BRINK LOOKS FAR ALONG THE BREADTH OF SLOPE AND SEES TWO MILES OF DARK DOTS CREEP AND KNOWS THEY MEAN THE COPE
large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_26_melville_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_26_melville_64kb.flac