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[9] Hail to the low dull rumble, dull and dead, And ponderous drag that shakes the wall. HAIL TO THE LOW DULL RUMBLE DULL AND DEAD AND PONDEROUS DRAG THAT SHAKES THE WALL
in their swoon, And over these a glory waves. The warrior-monument, crashed in fight,[8] Shall soar transfigured in loftier light, A meaning ampler bear; Soldier and priest with hymn and prayer Have laid the stone, and every bone Shall rest in honor there. The House-top. A Night Piece. (July, 1863.) No sleep. The sultriness pervades the air And binds the brain--a dense oppression, such As tawny tigers feel in matted shades, Vexing their blood and making apt for ravage. Beneath the stars the roofy desert spreads Vacant as Libya. All is hushed near by. Yet fitfully from far breaks a mixed surf Of muffled sound, the Atheist roar of riot. Yonder, where parching Sirius set in drought, Balefully glares red Arson--there-and there. The Town is taken by its rats--ship-rats. And rats of the wharves. All civil charms And priestly spells which late held hearts in awe-- Fear-bound, subjected to a better sway Than sway of self; these like a dream dissolve, And man rebounds whole æons back in nature.  THE HOUSETOP BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG BY JASON DE MARTINI AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED NOVEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK U DOT E D U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBRAVOX NO SLEEP THE SULTINESS PERVADES THE AIR AND BINDS THE BRAIN A DENSE OPPRESSION SUCH AS TAWNY TIGERS FEEL IN MATTED SHADES VEXING THEIR BLOOD AND MAKING APT FOR RAVAGE BENEATH THE STARS THE ROOFY DESERT SPREADS VACANT AS LIBYA ALL IS TUSH'D NEAR BY YET FITFULLY FROM FAR BREAKS A MIXED SURF OF MUFFLED SOUND THE ATHEIST ROAR OF RIOT YONDER WHERE PARCHING SERIOUS SUDDEN DROUGHT BALEFULLY GLARES RED ARSON THERE AND THERE THE TOWN IS TAKEN BY ITS RATS SHIP RATS AND RATS OF THE WHARVES ALL CIVIL CHARMS AND PRIESTLY SPELLS WHICH LATE HELD HEARTS IN AWE FEAR BOUND SUBJECTED TO A BETTER SWAY THAN SWAY OF SELF THESE LIKE A DREAM DISSOLVE AND MAN REBOUNDS WHOLE AEONS BACK IN NATURE
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