Poems by Herman Melville
Shelley's Vision
... When my heart with pain was low-- ...
Epilogue
... sea, And prove that death but routs life into victory ...
Invocation
... pole; So let our cups, radiant with many hued wines, ...
The Scout Toward Aldie
... So he smoked and smoked, and the wreath he blew - ...
On The Slain Collegians
... But well the striplings bore their fated parts ...
The College Colonel
... Yet he guides his strong steed - how coldly too ...
The Aeolian Harp
... Betwixt the continents sails the _Phocion,_ ...
The Eagle of the Blue
... Though scarred in many a furious fray, ...
The Good Craft _Snow Bird_
... And foul winds steady her, though a pest ...
Lone Founts
... View not the world with worldling's eyes ...
The Martyr
... In their madness and their blindness, ...
Jack Roy
... crew, The ribbons o' thy hat still a-fluttering, should ...
A Utilitarian View Of The Monitor's Fight
... But war-paint shows the streaks of weather ...
The Fortitude Of The North
... The black cliffs gleam through rents in sleet ...
The Berg
... Nor budge it, though the infactuate ship went down ...