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INSCRIPTION, FOR MARYE'S HEIGHTS, FREDERICKSBURG by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: TO THEM WHO CROSSED THE FLOOD
Last Line: OF MORE THAN VICTORY THE MONUMENT.
Subject(s): AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; FREDERICKSBURG, BATTLE OF (1862); U.S. - HISTORY;
To them who crossed the flood
And climbed the hill, with eyes
Upon the heavenly flag intent,
And through the deathful tumult went
Even unto death: to them this Stone --
Erect, where they were overthrown --
Of more than victory the monument.



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