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- # Dupont’s Round Fight.
## Overview
"Dupont’s Round Fight." is a segment of poetry, dated November 1861. It is part of the larger collection "[Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.](arke:01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9)".
## Context
This poem was extracted from the file "[battle_pieces_and_aspects_of_the_war.txt](arke:01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8)", which is part of the "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)" collection. The poem follows "[Ball’s Bluff. A Reverie.](arke:01KG8AJJNTH7KCNG1WAZ53NBEA)" and precedes "[The Stone Fleet. An Old Sailor’s Lament.](arke:01KG8AJKCSKMA863MZ6NKQQFW8)".
## Contents
The poem reflects on the naval victory at Port Royal, South Carolina, during the American Civil War. It uses themes of order and law to describe the fleet's movement and the rebel's defeat, suggesting a sense of divine or geometric perfection in the unfolding events of the war. The text includes lines such as "Nor less the Fleet that warred for Right, / And, warring so, prevailed, / In geometric beauty curved, / And in an orbit sailed." and "The rebel at Port Royal felt / The Unity overawe, / And rued the spell. A type was here, / And victory of Law."
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- Dupont’s Round Fight.
(November, 1861.)
In time and measure perfect moves
All Art whose aim is sure;
Evolving ryhme and stars divine
Have rules, and they endure.
Nor less the Fleet that warred for Right,
And, warring so, prevailed,
In geometric beauty curved,
And in an orbit sailed.
The rebel at Port Royal felt
The Unity overawe,
And rued the spell. A type was here,
And victory of Law.
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- Dupont’s Round Fight.