Herba Santa (Herman Melville Poems)
IAfter long wars when comes releaseNot olive wands proclaiming peace Can import dearer shareThan stems of Herba Santa hazed In autumn's Indian ...
Herman Melville Poems on Pain (7 Poems)
Epilogue (Herman Melville Poems)
_If Luther's day expand to Darwin's year,__Shall that exclude the hope--foreclose the fear?_Unmoved by all the claims our times avow,The ...
The Bench Of Boors (Herman Melville Poems)
In bed I muse on Tenier's boors,Embrowned and beery losels all; A wakeful brain Elaborates pain:Within low doors the slugs of boorsLaze ...
Shiloh – A Requiem (Herman Melville Poems)
Skimming lightly, wheeling still,The swallows fly lowOver the field in clouded days,The forest-field of Shiloh —Over the field where April ...
Shelley’s Vision (Herman Melville Poems)
Wandering late by morning seas When my heart with pain was low--Hate the censor pelted me-- Deject I saw my shadow go.In ...
Shiloh (Herman Melville Poems)
A Requiem Skimming lightly, wheeling still, The swallows fly low Over the fields in cloudy days, The forest-field of Shiloh ...
America (Herman Melville Poems)
I Where the wings of a sunny Dome expand I saw a Banner in gladsome air- Starry, like Berenice's Hair- ...