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Poem: “Inscription for Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg” by Herman Melville

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Inscription
for Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg

To them who crossed the flood
And climbed the hill, with eyes
Upon the heavenly flag intent,
And through the deathful tumult went
Even unto death: to them this Stone—
Erect, where they were overthrown—
Of more than victory the monument.

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

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