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While deep within yon forest dim Our rigid comrades lay   Some with the cartridge in their mouth, Others with fixed arms lifted South   Invoking so The cypress glades? Ah wilds of woe! WHILE DEEP WITHIN YON FOREST DIM OUR RIGID COMRADES LAY SOME WITH THE CARTRIDGE IN THEIR MOUTH OTHERS WITH FIXED ARMS LIFTED SOUTH INVOKING SO THE CYPRESS GLADES AH WILDS OF WOE
 startled swell. They fought through lurid dark till dawn; The war-smoke rolled away With clouds of night, and showed the fleet In scarred yet firm array, Above the forts, above the drift Of wrecks which strife had made; And Farragut sailed up to the town And anchored--sheathed the blade. The moody broadsides, brooding deep, Hold the lewd mob at bay, While o’er the armed decks’ solemn aisles The meek church-pennons play; By shotted guns the sailors stand, With foreheads bound or bare; The captains and the conquering crews Humble their pride in prayer. They pray; and after victory, prayer Is meet for men who mourn their slain; The living shall unmoor and sail, But Death’s dark anchor secret deeps detain. Yet glory slants her shaft of rays Far through the undisturbed abyss; There must be other, nobler worlds for them Who nobly yield their lives in this. Malvern Hill. (July, 1862.) Ye elms that wave on Malvern Hill In prime of morn and May, Recall ye how McClellan’s men Here stood at bay?  MELVOURNE HILL BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBERVOX STOTT ORG BY JOSH GOLDBERG AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED NOVEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARKOO DY E D U SLASH M E U M M A M SLASHLEY REVOX YE ELMS THAT WAVE ON MELBOURNE HILL IMPRIME OF MORN AND MAY RECALL YE HOW MC CLELLAN'S MEN HERE STOOD AT BAY
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