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# Introduction ## Overview This is the "Introduction" section of the poetry collection [John Marr and Other Poems](arke:01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H) by Herman Melville, extracted from the file [john_marr_and_other_poems.txt](arke:01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4). It appears at the beginning of the collection, spanning lines 1-110 of the source file. ## Context The [poetry_collection](arke:01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H) and the [file](arke:01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4) are part of the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The subsequent section is the [INTRODUCTORY NOTE](arke:01KG8AJF3ZGVZMFV7R9VQ5S1Y5). ## Contents The "Introduction" includes the title of the collection, the author's name, and an introductory note by Henry Chapin. It also contains a table of contents, listing the poems included in the collection, organized by sections such as "John Marr and Other Sailors," "Sea Pieces," "Poems from Timoleon," "Poems from Battle Pieces," "Poems from Mardi," and "Poems from Clarel."

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John Marr and Other Poems By Herman Melville _With An Introductory Note By_ HENRY CHAPIN MCMXXII CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY NOTE JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS 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 OFF CAPE COLONNA THE APPARITION L’ENVOI SUPPLEMENT POEMS FROM BATTLE PIECES THE PORTENT FROM THE CONFLICT OF CONVICTIONS THE MARCH INTO VIRGINIA BALL’S BLUFF THE STONE FLEET THE TEMERAIRE 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 DIRGE EPILOGUE

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Introduction