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- # THE MOUND BY THE LAKE
## Overview
"THE MOUND BY THE LAKE" is a chapter (poem) within [John Marr and Other Poems](arke:01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H). It was extracted on January 30, 2026, by a structure-extraction-lambda function.
## Context
This poem is part of a larger collection of works by Herman Melville, contained within the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The source of this poem is the file [john_marr_and_other_poems.txt](arke:01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4). It appears in sequence after [THE FORTITUDE OF THE NORTH](arke:01KG8AJJQ0S5QDK8AEBACPKRV9) and before [ON THE SLAIN AT CHICKAMAUGA](arke:01KG8AJKEMCADG093RBP86PTF3) within the poetry collection.
## Contents
The poem "THE MOUND BY THE LAKE" consists of a single stanza of free verse. The poem describes a woman, childless and unwed, who comforts soldiers returning from war. The poem suggests that the grass will never forget the grave, and describes the woman's warm heart and acts of kindness towards the soldiers.
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- THE MOUND BY THE LAKE
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- THE MOUND BY THE LAKE
The grass shall never forget this grave.
When homeward footing it in the sun
After the weary ride by rail,
The stripling soldiers passed her door,
Wounded perchance, or wan and pale,
She left her household work undone—
Duly the wayside table spread,
With evergreens shaded, to regale
Each travel-spent and grateful one.
So warm her heart—childless—unwed,
Who like a mother comforted.
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- THE MOUND BY THE LAKE