Herman Melville

“ In Western battle long they lay
⁠So near opposed in trench or pit,
That foeman unto foeman called
⁠As men who screened in tavern sit:
"You bravely fight" each to the other said—
"Toss us a biscuit!" o'er the wall it sped. ”

“ Strove as in school-boy rivalry of the class.
A darker side there is; but doubt
⁠In Nature's charity hovers there:
If men for new agreement yearn,
⁠Then old upbraiding best forbear:
"The South's the sinner!" Well, so let it be;
But shall the North sin worse, and stand the Pharisee?
O, now that brave men yield the sword,
⁠Mine be the manful soldier-view ”