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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
[section]
IMPORTANT.
LATER FROM THE FORT.
FURTHER.
LATER.
1 P.M.
3 P.M.
VICTORY!
LATER AND LAST.
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
JOHN MARR
BRIDEGROOM DICK
TOM DEADLIGHT
JACK ROY
THE HAGLETS
THE AEOLIAN HARP
MINOR SEA PIECES
TO THE MASTER OF THE “METEOR”
FAR OFF-SHORE
THE MAN-OF-WAR HAWK
THE FIGURE-HEAD
THE GOOD CRAFT “SNOW-BIRD”
OLD COUNSEL
THE TUFT OF KELP
THE MALDIVE SHARK
TO NED
CROSSING THE TROPICS
THE BERG
THE ENVIABLE ISLES
PEBBLES
1.
[I Though the Clerk of the Weather insist]
2.
[II Old are the creeds, but stale the schools]
3.
[III In hollows of the liquid hills]
4.
[IV On ocean where the embattled fleets repair]
5.
[V Implacable I, the old implacable Sea]
6.
[VI Curled in the comb of yon billow Andean]
7.
[VII Healed of my hurt, I laud the inhuman Sea]
TIMOLEON
TIMOLEON
AFTER THE PLEASURE PARTY
THE NIGHT-MARCH
THE RAVAGED VILLA
THE MARGRAVE'S BIRTHNIGHT
MAGIAN WINE
THE GARDEN OF METRODORUS
THE NEW ZEALOT TO THE SUN
THE WEAVER
LAMIA'S SONG
IN A GARRET
MONODY
LONE FOUNTS
THE BENCH OF BOORS
THE ENTHUSIAST
ART
BUDDHA
C---'S LAMENT
SHELLEY'S VISION
FRAGMENTS OF A LOST GNOSTIC POEM OF THE 12th CENTURY
THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS
THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES
HERBA SANTA
FRUIT OF TRAVEL LONG AGO
VENICE
IN A BYE-CANAL
PISA'S LEANING TOWER
IN A CHURCH OF PADUA
MILAN CATHEDRAL
PAUSILIPPO
THE ATTIC LANDSCAPE
THE SAME
THE PARTHENON
1.
I SEEN ALOFT FROM AFAR
2.
II NEARER VIEWED
3.
III THE FRIEZE
4.
IV THE LAST TILE
GREEK MASONRY
GREEK ARCHITECTURE
OFF CAPE COLONNA
THE ARCHIPELAGO
SYRA
DISINTERMENT OF THE HERMES
THE APPARITION
IN THE DESERT
THE GREAT PYRAMID
L'ENVOI
WEEDS AND WILDINGS WITH A ROSE OR TWO
1.
PART I THE YEAR
THE LOITERER
1.
1
2.
2
3.
3
WHEN FORTH THE SHEPHERD LEADS THE FLOCK
THE LITTLE GOOD FELLOWS
CLOVER
MADCAPS
THE OLD FASHION
BUTTERFLY DITTY
THE BLUE-BIRD
THE LOVER AND THE SYRINGA BUSH
THE DAIRYMAN'S CHILD
TROPHIES OF PEACE
IN THE PAUPER'S TURNIP-FIELD
A WAY-SIDE WEED
THE CHIPMUNK
FIELD ASTERS
ALWAYS WITH US!
STOCKINGS IN THE FARM-HOUSE CHIMNEY
A DUTCH CHRISTMAS UP THE HUDSON IN THE TIME OF PATROONS
2.
PART II THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER
TIME'S BETRAYAL
PROFUNDITY AND LEVITY
INSCRIPTION
THE CUBAN PIRATE
IRIS
THE AVATAR
THE AMERICAN ALOE ON EXHIBITION
A GROUND VINE
3.
PART III RIP VAN WINKLE'S LILAC
RIP VAN WINKLE'S LILAC
A ROSE OR TWO
1.
PART I AS THEY FELL
AMOROSO
HEARTH-ROSES
UNDER THE GROUND
THE AMBUSCADE
THE NEW ROSICRUCIANS
THE VIAL OF ATTAR
ROSE WINDOW
ROSARY BEADS
THE DEVOTION OF THE FLOWERS TO THEIR LADY
TO OUR QUEEN
2.
PART II
THE ROSE FARMER
MARQUIS DE GRANDVIN
AT THE HOSTELRY
1.
[I]
2.
II
3.
III
4.
IV
5.
V
6.
VI
7.
VII
8.
VIII
A SEQUEL
NAPLES IN THE TIME OF BOMBA as told by Major Jack Gentian
1.
[I]
2.
II
3.
III
4.
IV
5.
V
6.
VI
7.
VII
8.
VIII
9.
IX
AFTER-PIECE
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
IMMOLATED
MADAM MIRROR
THE WISE VIRGINS TO MADAM MIRROR
THE NEW ANCIENT OF DAYS
THE RUSTY MAN
THY AIM, THY AIM?
THE OLD SHIPMASTER AND HIS CRAZY BARN
CAMOENS
Camoens In The Hospital
MONTAIGNE AND HIS KITTEN
FALSTAFF'S LAMENT OVER PRINCE HAL BECOME HENRY V
SHADOW AT THE FEAST
MRS. B---
MERRY DITTY OF THE SAD MAN
HONOR
FRUIT AND FLOWER PAINTER
THE MEDALLION
TIME'S LONG AGO!
IN THE HALL OF MARBLES
GOLD IN THE MOUNTAIN
IN THE JOVIAL AGE OF OLD
A SPIRIT APPEARED TO ME
GIVE ME THE NERVE
MY JACKET OLD
IN THE OLD FARM-HOUSE
TO ---
A BATTLE PICTURE
OLD AGE IN HIS AILING
HEARTS-OF-GOLD
PONTOOSUCE
UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS
EPISTLE TO DANIEL SHEPHERD
INSCRIPTION
THE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE
TO TOM
SUGGESTED BY THE RUINS OF A MOUNTAIN-TEMPLE IN ARCADIA, ONE BUILT BY THE ARCHITECT OF THE PARTHENON
PUZZLEMENT
THE CONTINENTS
THE DUST-LAYERS
A RAIL ROAD CUTTING NEAR ALEXANDRIA IN 1855
A REASONABLE CONSTITUTION
RAMMON
DITTY OF ARISTIPPUS
IN A NUTSHELL
ADIEU
POEMS FROM THE NOVELS
From Mardi
WE FISH
SONG OF THE PADDLERS
DRINKING SONG
LIKE THE FISH
ROYAL IS THE ROSE
BE MERRY
SEA BURIAL
THE SONG
INVOCATION
SMOKING SONG
FULL ROUND, FULL SOFT, HER DEWY ARMS
A RAY OF THE MOON
SONG OF ARMS
QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!
DEPARTED THE PRIDE, AND THE GLORY OF MARDI
HER BOWER IS NOT OF THE VINE
HER SWEET, SWEET MOUTH!
GOLD-HUNTERS
HALF-VEILED ABOVE THE HILLS, YET ROSY BRIGHT
MAD SONG
THE ISLES HOLD THEE NOT, THOU DEPARTED!
PADDLER'S SONG
HAIL! VOYAGERS, HAIL!
From Moby-Dick
JONAH'S SONG
WE'LL DRINK TO-NIGHT
From “Under the Rose”
“SPECKS, TINY SPECKS”
From Piazza Tales
OH, BROTHER JACK
From Billy Budd
BILLY IN THE DARBIES
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GREEK MASONRY
Joints were none that mortar sealed:
Together, scarce with line revealed,
The blocks in symmetry congealed.
Collected poems of Herman Melville