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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTION FOR THE GRAVES AT PEA RIDGE, ARKANSAS, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Let none misgive we died amiss
Last Line: But marched, and fell -- victorious!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Graves; U.s. - History; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: Let none misgive we died amiss
Last Line: But marched, and fell -- victorious!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Graves; U.s. - History; Tombs; Tombstones
Let none misgive we died amiss
When here we strove in furious fight:
Furious it was; nathless was this
Better than tranquil plight,
And tame surrender of the Cause
Hallowed by hearts and by the laws.
We here who warred for Man and Right,
The choice of warring never laid with us.
There we were ruled by the traitor's choice,
Nor long we stood to trim and poise,
But marched, and fell -- victorious!
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