Selected Poems of Herman Melville

Herman Melville (1819-1891). His most famous work is Moby Dick (1851). Robert Faggen teaches at Claremont McKenna College.

• Selected Poems (Melville, Herman)IntroductionSuggestions for Further ReadingA Note on the TextsSelected PoemsFrom Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866)The PortentMisgivingsThe Conflict of ConvictionsApathy and EnthusiasmThe March into VirginiaBall's BluffDuPont's Round FightDonelsonIn the TurretThe TemeraireA Utilitarian View of the Monitor's FightShilohBattle of Stone River, TennesseeThe House-topThe Armies of the WildernessOn the Photograph of a Corps CommanderThe Swamp AngelSheridan at Cedar CreekThe College ColonelA Dirge for McPhersonAt the Cannon's MouthThe March to the SeaThe Frenzy in the WakeThe Surrender at AppomattoxA CanticleThe Martyr"The Coming Storm"Rebel Color-bearers at ShilohThe Muster"Formerly a Slave."Magnanimity BaffledOn the Slain CollegiansAmericaVerses Inscriptive and MemorialOn the Home GuardsThe Fortitude of the NorthAn Uninscribed MonumentOn the GraveOn a Natural MonumentCommemorative of a Naval VictoryThe Scout toward AldieLee in the CapitolA MeditationSupplementFrom Clarel (1876)Part I: JerusalemI. The HostelIV. Of the CrusadersXIII. The ArchXVII. NathanPart II: The WildernessIV. Of MortmainXI. Of DesertsXXII. Concerning HebrewsXXXI. The InscriptionXXXIV. Mortmain ReappearsXXXV. PrelusiveXXXVI. SodomPart III: Mar SabaV. The High DesertXXIX. Rolfe and the PalmXXXII. Empty StirrupsPart IV: BethlehemXX. Derwent and UngarXXI. Ungar and RolfeXXX. The Valley of DecisionXXXI. DirgeXXXII. Passion WeekXXXIII. EasterXXXIV. Via CrucisXXXV. EpilogueFrom John Marr and Other Sailors (1888)John Marr and Other SailorsJohn MarrTom DeadlightJack RoySea-PiecesThe HagletsMinor Sea-PiecesThe Man-of-War HawkThe Tuft of KelpThe Maldive SharkCrossing the TropicsThe BergThe Enviable IslesPebblesFrom Timoleon (1891)TimoleonAfter the Pleasure PartyThe Night-marchThe Ravaged VillaThe Margrave's BirthnightMagian WineThe Garden of MetrodorusThe WeaverLamia's SongIn a GarretMonodyLone FountsThe Bench of BoorsThe EnthusiastArtBuddhaC——'s LamentShelley's VisionFragments of a Lost Gnostic Poem of the Twelfth CenturyThe Marchioness of BrinvilliersThe Age of the AntoninesHerba SantaFruit of Travel Long AgoVeniceIn a Bye-CanalPisa's Leaning TowerIn a Church of PaduaMilan CathedralThe ParthenonGreek MasonryGreek ArchitectureThe ApparitionIn the DesertThe Great PyramidFrom Weeds and Wildings Chiefly: With a Rose or Two (1924)CloverThe Little Good-FellowsTrophies of PeaceThe American Aloe on ExhibitionThe New RosicruciansThe New Ancient of DaysImmolatedThe Rusty ManCamoensMontaigne and His KittenGold in the MountainA Spirit Appeared to MeHearts-of-goldPontoosuceBilly in the Darbies (from Billy Budd)NotesIndex of First Lines