<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=409961" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Eagle of the Blue</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">ALOFT he guards the starry folds<br>Who is the brother of the star;<br>The bird whose joy is in the wind<br>Exulteth in the war.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No painted plume—a sober hue, <br>His beauty is his power;<br>That eager calm of gaze intent<br>Foresees the Sibyl’s hour.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Austere, he crowns the swaying perch,<br>Flapped by the angry flag; <br>The hurricane from the battery sings,<br>But his claw has known the crag.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Amid the scream of shells, his scream<br>Runs shrilling; and the glare<br>Of eyes that brave the blinding sun <br>The volleyed flame can bear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The pride of quenchless strength is his—<br>Strength which, though chained, avails;<br>The very rebel looks and thrills—<br>The anchored Emblem hails. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though scarred in many a furious fray,<br>No deadly hurt he knew;<br>Well may we think his years are charmed—<br>The Eagle of the Blue.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Herman+Melville">Herman Melville</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=409961" data-title="The Eagle of the Blue de Herman Melville" data-description="ALOFT he guards the starry folds Who is the brother of the star; The bird whose joy is in the wind Exulteth in the war. No painted plume—a sober hue, His beauty is his power; That eager calm of gaze intent Foresees the Sibyl’s hour. Austere..."></div> </div> </div>

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