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THE MOUND BY THE LAKE by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE GRASS SHALL NEVER FORGET THIS GRAVE
Last Line: WHO LIKE A MOTHER COMFORTED.
Subject(s): AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; GRAVES; MOTHERS; U.S. - HISTORY; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;

The grass shall never forget this grave.
When homeward footing it in the sun
After the weary ride by rail,
The stripling soldiers passed her door,
Wounded perchance, or wan and pale,
She left her household work undone --
Duly the wayside table spread,
With evergreens shaded, to regale
Each travel-spent and grateful one.
So warm her heart -- childless -- unwed,
Who like a mother comforted.



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