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AN EPITAPH by HERMAN MELVILLE

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First Line: WHEN SUNDAY TIDINGS FROM THE FRONT
Last Line: AND PRIEST AND PEOPLE BORROWED OF HER CHEER.
Subject(s): AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; U.S. - HISTORY;
When Sunday tidings from the front
Made pale the priest and people,
And heavily the blessing went,
And bells were dumb in the steeple;
The Soldier's widow (summering sweetly here,
In shade by waving beeches lent)
Felt deep at heart her faith content,
And priest and people borrowed of her cheer.



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