John Marr and Other Poems

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# John Marr and Other Poems ## Overview "John Marr and Other Poems" is a collection of poetry by Herman Melville. It was published posthumously and includes a variety of poems, many of which reflect Melville's experiences at sea and his reflections on life, war, and nature. ## Context This collection is part of the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The poems were extracted from the file `john_marr_and_other_poems.txt`. The collection includes an introductory note by Henry Chapin, which provides context for Melville's later poetic works. ## Contents The collection features numerous poems, including: * "John Marr and Other Sailors" * "Bridegroom Dick" * "Tom Deadlight" * "Jack Roy" * "Sea Pieces" * "The Haglets" * "The Aeolian Harp" * "To the Master of the _Meteor_" * "Far Off-Shore" * "The Man-of-War Hawk" * "The Figure-Head" * "The Good Craft _Snow Bird_" * "Old Counsel" * "The Tuft of Kelp" * "The Maldive Shark" * "To Ned" * "Crossing the Tropics" * "The Berg" * "The Enviable Isles" * "Pebbles" * "Poems from Timoleon" * "Lines Traced Under an Image of Amor Threatening" * "The Night March" * "The Ravaged Villa" * "The New Zealot to the Sun" * "Monody" * "Lone Founts" * "The Bench of Boors" * "Art" * "The Enthusiast" * "Shelley’s Vision" * "The Marchioness of Brinvilliers" * "The Age of the Antonines" * "Herba Santa" * "The Apparition" * "L'Envoi" * "Supplement" * "Poems from Battle Pieces" * "A Utilitarian View of the _Monitor’s_ Fight" * "Malvern Hill" * "Stonewall Jackson" * "The House-Top" * "Chattanooga" * "On the Photograph of a Corps Commander" * "The Swamp Angel" * "Sheridan at Cedar Creek" * "In the Prison Pen" * "The College Colonel" * "The Martyr" * "Rebel Color-Bearers at Shiloh" * "Aurora Borealis" * "The Released Rebel Prisoner" * "Formerly a Slave" * "On the Slain Collegians" * "America" * "Inscription" * "The Fortitude of the North" * "The Mound by the Lake" * "On the Slain at Chickamauga" * "An Uninscribed Monument" * "On the Grave of a Young Cavalry Officer Killed in the Valley of Virginia" * "A Requiem" * "Commemorative of a Naval Victory" * "A Meditation" * "Poems from Mardi" * "We Fish" * "Invocation" * "Dirge" * "Marlena" * "Pipe Song" * "Song of Yoomy" * "Gold" * "The Land of Love" * "Poems from Clarel" * "Epilogue"

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