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Herman Melville - A Dirge For McPhersonHerman Melville - A Dirge For McPherson
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Arms reversed and banners creped —   Muffled drums; Snowy horses sable-draped —   McPherson comes.         But, tell us, shall we know him more,       Lost-Mountain and lone Kenesaw?       Brave the sword upon the pall —   A gleam in gloom; So a bright name lighteth all   McPherson`s doom.   Bear him through the chapel-door —   Let priest in stole Pace before the warrior   Who led. Bell —toll!   Lay him down within the nave,   The lesson read — Man is noble, man is brave,   But man`s — a weed.   Take him up again and wend   Graveward, nor weep: There`s a trumpet that shall rend   This Soldier`s sleep.   Pass the ropes the coffin round,   And let descend; Prayer and volley — let it sound   McPherson`s end.         True fame is his, for life is o`er —       Sarpedon of the mighty war.
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