Poem: “A Grave near Petersburg, Virginia” by Herman Melville

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Head-board and foot-board duly placed—
Grassed in the mound between;
Daniel Drouth is the slumberer’s name—
Long may his grave be green!

Quick was his way—a flash and a blow,
Full of his fire was he—
A fire of hell—’tis burnt out now—
Green may his grave long be!

May his grave be green, though he
Was a rebel of iron mould;
Many a true heart—true to the Cause,
Through the blaze of his wrath lies cold.

May his grave be green—still green
While happy years shall run;
May none come nigh to disinter
The—Buried Gun.

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