large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_10_melville_64kb_15
large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_10_melville_64kb
English
7841
But unsubmerged Our men stood up, except where roared The enemy through one gap. We urged Our all of manhood to the stress, But still showed shattered in our desperateness. BUT UNSUBMERGED OUR MEN STOOD UP EXCEPT WHERE ROARED THE ENEMY THROUGH ONE GAP WE URGED OUR ALL OF MANHOOD TO THE STRESS BUT STILL SHOW SHATTERED IN OUR DESPERATENESS
aling through the throng The silent thought and dismal fear revealed; They turned and went, Musing on right and wrong And mysteries dimly sealed-- Breasting the storm in daring discontent; The storm, whose black flag showed in heaven, As if to say no quarter there was given To wounded men in wood, Or true hearts yearning for the good-- All fatherless seemed the human soul. But next day brought a bitterer bowl-- On the bulletin-board this stood; _Saturday morning at 3 A.M. A stir within the Fort betrayed That the rebels were getting under arms; Some plot these early birds had laid. But a lancing sleet cut him who stared Into the storm. After some vague alarms, Which left our lads unscared, Out sallied the enemy at dim of dawn, With cavalry and artillery, and went In fury at our environment. Under cover of shot and shell Three columns of infantry rolled on, Vomited out of Donelson-- Rolled down the slopes like rivers of hell, Surged at our line, and swelled and poured Like breaking surf. WILL THE THE STILLNESS STEALING THROUGH THE THRONG THE SILENT THOUGHT AND DISMAL FEAR REVEALED THEY TURNED AND WENT MUSING ON RIGHT AND WRONG AND MYSTERIES DIMLY SEALED BREASTING THE STORM IN DARING DISCONTENT THE STORM WHOSE BLACK FLAG SHOWED IN HEAVEN AS IF TO SAY NO QUARTER THERE WAS GIVEN TO WOUNDED MEN IN WOOD OR TRUE HEARTS YEARNING FOR THE GOOD ALL FATHERLESS SEEMED THE HUMAN SOUL BUT NEXT DAY BROUGHT A BITTERER BOWL ON THE BULLETIN BOARD THIS STOOD SATURDAY MORNING AT THREE A M A STIR WITHIN THE FORT BETRAYED THAT THE REBELS WERE GETTING UNDER ARMS SOME PLOT THESE EARLY BIRD HAD LAID BUT A LANCING SLEET CUT HIM WHO STARED INTO THE STORM AFTER SOME VAGUE ALARMS WHICH LEFT OUR LADS UNSCARED OUT SALLIED THE ENEMY AT DIM OF DAWN WITH CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY AND WHEN IN FURY AT OUR ENVIRONMENT UNDER COVER OF SHOT AND SHELL THREE COLUMNS OF INFANTRY ROLLED ON VOMITED OUT OF DONAL SUN ROLLED DOWN THE SLOPES LIKE RIVERS OF HELL SURGED AT OUR LINE AND SWELLED AND POURED LIKE BREAKING SURF
large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_10_melville_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/7841/battle-pieces_aspects_war_1501_librivox_64kb_mp3/battle-pieces_10_melville_64kb.flac