Selected Poems of Herman Melville

Selected Poems (Melville, Herman)IntroductionSuggestions for Further ReadingA Note on the TextsSelected PoemsFrom Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866)The PortentMisgivingsThe Conflict of ConvictionsApathy and EnthusiasmThe March into VirginiaBall's BluffDuPont's Round FightDonelsonIn the TurretThe TemeraireA Utilitarian View of the Monitor's FightShilohBattle of Stone River, TennesseeThe House-topThe Armies of the WildernessOn the Photograph of a Corps CommanderThe Swamp AngelSheridan at Cedar CreekThe College ColonelA Dirge for McPhersonAt the Cannon's MouthThe March to the SeaThe Frenzy in the WakeThe Surrender at AppomattoxA CanticleThe Martyr"The Coming Storm"Rebel Color-bearers at ShilohThe Muster"Formerly a Slave."Magnanimity BaffledOn the Slain CollegiansAmericaVerses Inscriptive and Memorial On the Home Guards The Fortitude of the North An Uninscribed Monument On the Grave On a Natural Monument Commemorative of a Naval VictoryThe Scout toward AldieLee in the CapitolA MeditationSupplementFrom Clarel (1876)Part I: Jerusalem I. The Hostel IV. Of the Crusaders XIII. The Arch XVII. NathanPart II: The Wilderness IV. Of Mortmain XI. Of Deserts XXII. Concerning Hebrews XXXI. The Inscription XXXIV. Mortmain Reappears XXXV. Prelusive XXXVI. SodomPart III: Mar Saba V. The High Desert XXIX. Rolfe and the Palm XXXII. Empty StirrupsPart IV: Bethlehem XX. Derwent and Ungar XXI. Ungar and Rolfe XXX. The Valley of Decision XXXI. Dirge XXXII. Passion Week XXXIII. Easter XXXIV. Via Crucis XXXV. EpilogueFrom John Marr and Other Sailors (1888)John Marr and Other Sailors John Marr Tom Deadlight Jack RoySea-Pieces The HagletsMinor Sea-Pieces The Man-of-War Hawk The Tuft of Kelp The Maldive Shark Crossing the Tropics The Berg The Enviable IslesPebblesFrom Timoleon (1891)TimoleonAfter the Pleasure PartyThe Night-marchThe Ravaged VillaThe Margrave's BirthnightMagian WineThe Garden of MetrodorusThe WeaverLamia's SongIn a GarretMonodyLone FountsThe Bench of BoorsThe EnthusiastArtBuddhaC——'s LamentShelley's VisionFragments of a Lost Gnostic Poem of the Twelfth CenturyThe Marchioness of BrinvilliersThe Age of the AntoninesHerba SantaFruit of Travel Long Ago Venice In a Bye-Canal Pisa's Leaning Tower In a Church of Padua Milan Cathedral The Parthenon Greek Masonry Greek Architecture The Apparition In the Desert The Great PyramidFrom Weeds and Wildings Chiefly: With a Rose or Two (1924)CloverThe Little Good-FellowsTrophies of PeaceThe American Aloe on ExhibitionThe New RosicruciansThe New Ancient of DaysImmolatedThe Rusty ManCamoensMontaigne and His KittenGold in the MountainA Spirit Appeared to MeHearts-of-goldPontoosuceBilly in the Darbies (from Billy Budd)NotesIndex of First Lines