{"id":"01KG8AJM1R8WQWSYSTR0SMYW5N","cid":"bafkreiajjiw5rtnxun7i5nc7txq6vn3wka3s5u3q6ch6k3yydyi2qops6m","type":"segment","properties":{"description":"# The Temeraire.[3]\n## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)\n\"The Temeraire.[3]\" is a segment of text, a poem, extracted from the larger work, [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.](arke:01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9) by Herman Melville. The poem, spanning lines 1109-1185 of the source file, is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was extracted on January 30, 2026, by the structure-extraction-lambda.\n\n## Context - Background and provenance from related entities\nThis poem is contained within the poetry collection [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.](arke:01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9), which was extracted from the file `battle_pieces_and_aspects_of_the_war.txt`. The poem is preceded by \"In the Turret.\" and followed by \"A Utilitarian View of the Monitors Fight.\"\n\n## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details\nThe poem \"The Temeraire.[3]\" reflects on the decline of naval warfare's traditional glory, contrasting it with the rise of ironclad ships. It references the ship HMS Temeraire, celebrating its past battles while acknowledging its obsolescence in the face of modern technology. The poem mourns the loss of the \"old and oaken\" navies and the changing nature of war.\n","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:24.126Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"The Temeraire.[3]","end_line":1185,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:35.910Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"The Temeraire.[3]","source_file":"01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8","start_line":1109,"text":"The Temeraire.[3]\r\n\r\n_(Supposed to have been suggested to an Englishman of the old order by\r\nthe fight of the Monitor and Merrimac.)_\r\n\r\n\r\nThe gloomy hulls, in armor grim,\r\n  Like clouds o’er moors have met,\r\nAnd prove that oak, and iron, and man\r\n  Are tough in fibre yet.\r\n\r\nBut Splendors wane. The sea-fight yields\r\n  No front of old display;\r\nThe garniture, emblazonment,\r\n  And heraldry all decay.\r\n\r\nTowering afar in parting light,\r\n  The fleets like Albion’s forelands shine--\r\nThe full-sailed fleets, the shrouded show\r\n  Of Ships-of-the-Line.\r\n\r\nThe fighting Temeraire,\r\n  Built of a thousand trees,\r\nLunging out her lightnings,\r\n  And beetling o’er the seas--\r\nO Ship, how brave and fair,\r\n  That fought so oft and well,\r\nOn open decks you manned the gun\r\n    Armorial.[4]\r\nWhat cheering did you share,\r\n  Impulsive in the van,\r\nWhen down upon leagued France and Spain\r\n  We English ran--\r\nThe freshet at your bowsprit\r\n  Like the foam upon the can.\r\nBickering, your colors\r\n  Licked up the Spanish air,\r\nYou flapped with flames of battle-flags--\r\n  Your challenge, Temeraire!\r\nThe rear ones of our fleet\r\n  They yearned to share your place,\r\nStill vying with the Victory\r\n  Throughout that earnest race--\r\nThe Victory, whose Admiral,\r\n  With orders nobly won,\r\nShone in the globe of the battle glow--\r\n  The angel in that sun.\r\nParallel in story,\r\n  Lo, the stately pair,\r\nAs late in grapple ranging,\r\n  The foe between them there--\r\nWhen four great hulls lay tiered,\r\n  And the fiery tempest cleared,\r\nAnd your prizes twain appeared,\r\n    Temeraire!\r\n\r\nBut Trafalgar’ is over now,\r\n  The quarter-deck undone;\r\nThe carved and castled navies fire\r\n  Their evening-gun.\r\nO, Tital Temeraire,\r\n  Your stern-lights fade away;\r\nYour bulwarks to the years must yield,\r\n  And heart-of-oak decay.\r\nA pigmy steam-tug tows you,\r\n  Gigantic, to the shore--\r\nDismantled of your guns and spars,\r\n  And sweeping wings of war.\r\nThe rivets clinch the iron-clads,\r\n  Men learn a deadlier lore;\r\nBut Fame has nailed your battle-flags--\r\n  Your ghost it sails before:\r\nO, the navies old and oaken,\r\n  O, the Temeraire no more!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"The Temeraire.[3]"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9","peer_type":"poetry_collection","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJM1RQNN1SVETN6MTH2PY","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AJM22NCT159P5SZX2496Y","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:37.528Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:24.388Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}