 Where War belongs — Among the trades and artisans. Yet this was battle, and intense — Beyond the strife of fleets heroic; Deadlier, closer, calm 'mid storm; No passion; all went on by crank, Pivot, and screw, And calculations of caloric.  Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War - Page 62by Herman Melville - 1866 - 102 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Herman Melville - Poetry - 1922 - 222 pages
...was battle, and intense — Beyond the strife of fleets heroic ; Deadlier, closer, calm 'mid storm ; No passion ; all went on by crank, Pivot, and screw, And calculations of caloric. [141] The ringing of those plates on plates Still ringeth round the world — The clangor of that blacksmiths'... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1924 - 456 pages
...was battle, and intense — Beyond the strife of fleets heroic ; Deadlier, closer, calm 'mid storm ; No passion ; all went on by crank, Pivot, and screw,...And calculations of caloric. Needless to dwell ; the story 's known. The ringing of those plates on plates Still ringeth round the world— The clangour... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1924 - 456 pages
...was battle, and intense— Beyond the strife of fleets heroic ; Deadlier, closer, calm 'mid storm ; No passion ; all went on by crank, Pivot, and screw,...And calculations of caloric. Needless to dwell; the story 's known. The ringing of those plates on .plates Still ringeth round the world— The clangour... | |
 | Barton Levi St Armand - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 388 pages
...heights of materialism. In this bloodiest, most mechanized of modern wars, where as Melville observed, "all went on by crank, / Pivot, and screw, / And calculations of caloric,"" it is no accident that the technology of embalming gained wide acceptance. Thomas H. Holmes, who invented... | |
 | Daniel Aaron - American literature - 1987 - 430 pages
...sail — but they are less free. Did he intend an ironic echo of Emerson and Longfellow in the lines, "The ringing of those plates on plates/ Still ringeth round the world — / The clangor of that blacksmith's fray,/ The anvil-din/ Resounds this message from the Fates"? Whether he did or not, they... | |
 | Susan Jeffords, Lauren Rabinovitz - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1994 - 364 pages
...mechanic power" placing war "Where War belongs — / Among the trades and artisans," depriving it of "passion": "all went on by crank, / Pivot, and screw, / And calculations of caloric." Since "warriors / Are now but operatives," he hopes that "War's made / Less grand than Peace."3 The... | |
 | Jay Parini - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 788 pages
...was battle, and intense . . . Beyond the strife of fleets heroic; Deadlier, closer, calm 'mid storm; No passion; all went on by crank, Pivot, and screw,...on plates Still ringeth round the world . . . The clangour of that blacksmiths' fray. The anvil-din Resounds this message from the Fates: War shall yet... | |
 | Various - Poetry - 1996 - 496 pages
...was battle, and intense — Beyond the strife of fleets heroic; 15 Deadlier, closer, calm 'mid storm; No passion; all went on by crank, Pivot, and screw,...of caloric. Needless to dwell; the story's known. 20 The ringing of those plates on plates Still ringeth round the world — The clangor of that blacksmiths'... | |
 | Eric L. Haralson, John Hollander - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 598 pages
...this was battle, and intense Beyond the strife of fleets heroic; Deadlier, closer, calm 'mid storm; No passion; all went on by crank, Pivot, and screw,...anvil-din Resounds this message from the Fates: War yet shall be, and to the end; But war-paint shows the streaks of weather; War yet shall be, but warriors... | |
 | Darrel Abel - 2002 - 538 pages
...the trades and artisans. Such contests of "mechanic power" are "beyond the strife of fleets heroic": No passion; all went on by crank, Pivot, and screw, And calculations of caloric. Since there is no glory to be won in such a "blacksmiths' fray," the only way in which war can lend... | |
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