Poem: “An Epitaph” by Herman Melville

Poems From Battle Pieces

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American Literature – American Poetry – Herman Melville – Poems by Herman Melville – Clarel
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An Epitaph

When Sunday tidings from the front
Made pale the priest and people,
And heavily the blessing went,
And bells were dumb in the steeple;
The Soldier’s widow (summering sweerly here,
In shade by waving beeches lent)
Felt deep at heart her faith content,
And priest and people borrowed of her cheer.

< < < On the Men of Maine killed in the Victory of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Inscription for Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Herman Melville – Poems by Herman Melville – Clarel

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