Author: Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)
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- Dies, all dies!
- J. Beeson: Who sighs that all dies?
- A Portrait of the Marchioness of Brinvilliers (He toned the sprightly beam of morning ) - D. Diamond
- A reverie (One noonday, at my window in the town) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips
- Art - T. Pasatieri [x]
- Aurora Borealis (What power disbands the Northern Lights ) - J. Eidson
- Ball's Bluff (One noonday, at my window in the town) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - J. Eidson
- Beauty and youth, with manners sweet, and friends (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- D. Diamond: Epitaph
- Billy in the Darbies (Good of the chaplain to enter Lone Bay ) (from Billy-Budd) - D. Diamond, R. Evett, W. Flanagan, E. Bacon
- Donelson (The damaged gun boats can't wage fight ) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War - Donelson) - J. Eidson
- Epitaph (Beauty and youth, with manners sweet, and friends) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - D. Diamond
- Good of the chaplain to enter Lone Bay
(from Billy-Budd)
- D. Diamond, R. Evett, W. Flanagan, E. Bacon: Billy in the Darbies
- He toned the sprightly beam of morning
- D. Diamond: A Portrait of the Marchioness of Brinvilliers
- In the prison pen (Listless he eyes the palisades ) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips
- Listless he eyes the palisades
(from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- P. Phillips: In the prison pen
- Look-out Mountain (Who inhabiteth the Mountain
) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- P. Phillips: The night flight
- Magnanimity baffled (“Sharp words we had before the fight; ) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips
- Misgivings (When ocean-clouds over inland hills ) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips
- Monody (To have known him, to have loved him) - D. Diamond, W. Flanagan
- Nobler worlds (When Israel camped by Migdol hoar) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips
- On the Grave of a Young Cavalry Officer Killed in the Valley of Virginia (Beauty and youth, with manners sweet, and friends) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- D. Diamond: Epitaph
- One noonday, at my window in the town (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- J. Eidson: Ball's Bluff
- P. Phillips: A reverie
- “Sharp words we had before the fight;
(from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- P. Phillips: Magnanimity baffled
- Shiloh (Skimming lightly, wheeling still ) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - H. Weisgall, R. Evett, M. Rickelton, J. Eidson
- Shiloh: A Requiem (Skimming lightly, wheeling still
) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- H. Weisgall, R. Evett, M. Rickelton, J. Eidson: Shiloh
- Skimming lightly, wheeling still
(from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- H. Weisgall, R. Evett, M. Rickelton, J. Eidson: Shiloh
- The damaged gun boats can't wage fight
(from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War - Donelson)
- J. Eidson: Donelson
- The Fall of Richmond (What mean these peals from every tower) - J. Eidson
- The grass shall never forget this grave
- J. Eidson: The Mound by the Lake
- The Marchioness Of Brinvilliers (He toned the sprightly beam of morning
)
- D. Diamond: A Portrait of the Marchioness of Brinvilliers
- The Mound by the Lake (The grass shall never forget this grave) - J. Eidson
- The night flight (Who inhabiteth the Mountain ) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips
- To have known him, to have loved him
- D. Diamond, W. Flanagan: Monody
- What mean these peals from every tower
- J. Eidson: The Fall of Richmond
- What power disbands the Northern Lights
- J. Eidson: Aurora Borealis
- When Israel camped by Migdol hoar (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- P. Phillips: Nobler worlds
- When ocean-clouds over inland hills
(from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- P. Phillips: Misgivings
- Who inhabiteth the Mountain
(from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- P. Phillips: The night flight
- Who sighs that all dies? (Dies, all dies! ) - J. Beeson
Last update: 2015-05-09 19:10:27