Explore "Look-Out Mountain. the Night Fight. (November, 1863.)" by Herman Melville on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Who inhabiteth the Mountain / That it shines in lurid light, / And is rolled about with thunders, / And terrors, and a blight, / Like Kaf the peak of Eblis -- / Kaf, the evil height? / Who has gone up with a shouting / And a trumpet in the night?
There is battle in the Mountain -- / Might assaulteth Might; / 'Tis the fastness of the Anarch, / Torrent-torn, an ancient height; / The crags resound the clangor / Of the war of Wrong and Right; / And the armies in the valley / Watch and pray for dawning light.
Joy, Joy, the day is breaking, / And the cloud is rolled from sight; / There is triumph in the Morning / For the Anarch's plunging flight; / God has glorified the Mountain / Where a Banner burneth bright, / And the armies in the valley / They are fortified in right.