The Returned Volunteer To His Rifle

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Title:     The Returned Volunteer To His Rifle
Author: Herman Melville [More Titles by Melville]

Over the hearth--my father's seat--
Repose, to patriot-memory dear,
Thou tried companion, whom at last I greet
By steepy banks of Hudson here.
How oft I told thee of this scene--
The Highlands blue--the river's narrowing sheen.
Little at Gettysburg we thought
To find such haven; but God kept it green.
Long rest! with belt, and bayonet, and canteen.

[The end]
Herman Melville's poem: Returned Volunteer To His Rifle

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