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Collected poems of Herman Melville
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
BATTLE-PIECES
THE PORTENT
MISGIVINGS
THE CONFLICT OF CONVICTIONS
APATHY AND ENTHUSIASM
THE MARCH INTO VIRGINIA
LYON
BALL'S BLUFF
DUPONT'S ROUND FIGHT
THE STONE FLEET
DONELSON
THE CUMBERLAND
IN THE TURRET
THE TEMERAIRE
A UTILITARIAN VIEW OF THE MONITOR'S FIGHT
SHILOH
THE BATTLE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI
MALVERN HILL
THE VICTOR OF ANTIETAM
BATTLE OF STONE RIVER, TENNESSEE
RUNNING THE BATTERIES
STONEWALL JACKSON
STONEWALL JACKSON
GETTYSBURG
THE HOUSE-TOP
LOOK-OUT MOUNTAIN
CHATTANOOGA
THE ARMIES OF THE WILDERNESS
(1863–4)
ON THE PHOTOGRAPH OF A CORPS COMMANDER
THE SWAMP ANGEL
THE BATTLE FOR THE BAY
SHERIDAN AT CEDAR CREEK
IN THE PRISON PEN
THE COLLEGE COLONEL
THE EAGLE OF THE BLUE
A DIRGE FOR McPHERSON
AT THE CANNON'S MOUTH
THE MARCH TO THE SEA
THE FRENZY IN THE WAKE
THE FALL OF RICHMOND
THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX
A CANTICLE:
THE MARTYR
“THE COMING STORM”
REBEL COLOR-BEARERS AT SHILOH
THE MUSTER
AURORA-BOREALIS
THE RELEASED REBEL PRISONER
A GRAVE NEAR PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA
“FORMERLY A SLAVE”
THE APPARITION
MAGNANIMITY BAFFLED
ON THE SLAIN COLLEGIANS
AMERICA
VERSES INSCRIPTIVE AND MEMORIAL
ON THE HOME GUARDS
INSCRIPTION
THE FORTITUDE OF THE NORTH
ON THE MEN OF MAINE
AN EPITAPH
INSCRIPTION
THE MOUND BY THE LAKE
ON THE SLAIN AT CHICKAMAUGA
AN UNINSCRIBED MONUMENT
ON SHERMAN'S MEN
ON THE GRAVE OF A YOUNG CAVALRY OFFICER KILLED IN THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
A REQUIEM
ON A NATURAL MONUMENT
COMMEMORATIVE OF A NAVAL VICTORY
PRESENTATION TO THE AUTHORITIES
THE RETURNED VOLUNTEER TO HIS RIFLE
THE SCOUT TOWARD ALDIE
LEE IN THE CAPITOL
A MEDITATION
JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS
TIMOLEON
WEEDS AND WILDINGS WITH A ROSE OR TWO
A ROSE OR TWO
MARQUIS DE GRANDVIN
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS
POEMS FROM THE NOVELS
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Collected poems of Herman Melville
GREEK ARCHITECTURE
Not magnitude, not lavishness,
But Form—the Site;
Not innovating wilfulness,
But reverence for the Archetype.
Collected poems of Herman Melville