Death & Dying
On the Grave: of a young Cavalry Officer killed in the Valley of Virginia
From Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
Death & Dying
Beauty and youth, with manners sweet, and friends--
Gold, yet a mind not unenriched had he
Whom here low violets veil from eyes.
But all these gifts transcended be:
His happier fortune in this mound you see.
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MLA
Melville, Herman. “On the Grave: of a young Cavalry Officer killed in the Valley of Virginia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/63/.
Chicago
Melville, Herman. “On the Grave: of a young Cavalry Officer killed in the Valley of Virginia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/63/.
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