Poems by Herman Melville
Stonewall Jackson (Ascribed To A Virginian)
... They followed their pagod with hymns and glaives, ...
Memorials On The Slain At Chickamauga
... Loved mates whose memory shall ever please ...
Commemorative Of A Naval Victory
... --The shark Glides white through the phosphorus sea ...
John Marr And Other Sailors
... Never the shrill _"All hands up hammocks!"_ ...
Aurora Borealis
... _Commemorative of the Dissolution of armies at the Peace_ ...
The New Zealot To The Sun
... Disperse worse Anarchs, frauds and fears, ...
Ball's Bluff: A Reverie
... Their hearts were fresh as clover in its prime ...
From The Conflict Of Convictions
... win); And death be busy with all who strive-- ...
The Man-O-War Hawk
... O'er the black ship's white sky-s'l, sunned ...
L'Envoi
... _ A.D. 16 My towers at last! These rovings end, ...
The Bench Of Boors
... Their blurred eyes blink, their eyelids fall: ...
Pipe Song
... Snug as bears in their muffs:-- ...
The Tuft Of Kelp
... Cast up by a lonely sea ...
The Temeraire
... The fleets like Albion's forelands shine-- ...
Monody
... And houseless there the snow-bird flits ...