Poem: “Look-out Mountain” by Herman Melville

Poems From Battle Pieces

Download PDF

American Literature – American Poetry – Herman Melville – Poems by Herman Melville – Clarel
< < < The House-Top
Chattanooga > > >

Look-out Mountain
The Night Fight.
(November, 1863.)

Who inhabiteth the Mountain
That it shines in lurid light,
And is rolled about with thunders,
And terrors, and a blight,
Like Kaf the peak of Eblis—
Kaf, the evil height?
Who has gone up with a shouting
And a trumpet in the night?

There is battle in the Mountain—
Might assaulteth Might;
‘Tis the fastness of the Anarch,
Torrent-torn, an ancient height;
The crags resound the clangor
Of the war of Wrong and Right;
And the armies in the valley
Watch and pray for dawning light.
Joy, Joy, the day is breaking,
And the cloud is rolled from sight;
There is triumph in the Morning
For the Anarch’s plunging flight;
God has glorified the Mountain
Where a Banner burneth bright,
And the armies in the valley
They are fortified in right.

< < < The House-Top
Chattanooga > > >

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

If you liked this article, subscribe , put likes, write comments!

Share on social networks

Visit us on Facebook or Twitter

Check out Our Latest Posts

Poems From Battle Pieces

Look-out MountainThe Night Fight.(November, 1863.)

Leave a comment Cancel reply

Look-out Mountain
The Night Fight.
(November, 1863.)