Shiloh (Herman Melville poem)

Shiloh (Herman Melville poem) Glossary

skimming

Gliding, sailing or floating

wheeling

Flying in a curve or wide circle

swallow

A passerine bird long with a forked tail and pointed wings

foemen

Enemies

morn

Poetic and archaic use of ‘morning’

undeceive

Inform of a mistake or wrong idea