Memorials
by
Herman Melville (1819-1891) |
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HAPPY are they and charmed in life
Who through long
wars arrive unscarred
At peace. To such the wreath be
given,
If they unfalteringly have striven
In honor, as
in limb, unmarred.
Let cheerful praise be rife,
And
let them live their years at ease,
Musing on brothers who
victorious died�
Loved mates whose memory shall ever
please.
And yet mischance is honorable too
Seeming
defeat in conflict justified,
Whose end to closing eyes
is hid from view.
The will, that never can relent
The
aim, survivor of the bafflement,
Make this memorial due. |
By Herman Melville (1819-1891)
Listed January 23, 2013In honor of the slain at the
Battle of Chickamauga
(September 19�20, 1863)
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