{"id":"01KG8AJMPZ71ZZBNCKKZYP1JJW","cid":"bafkreiasr4nbrd6fqxyuqso5ppk3a7swhxrxjljyxbudfd5kqc52jffbcm","type":"segment","properties":{"description":"# Look-out Mountain. The Night Fight.\n## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)\n\"Look-out Mountain. The Night Fight.\" is a poem by an unknown author, presented as a segment within the larger collection [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.](arke:01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9) The poem is extracted from the file [battle_pieces_and_aspects_of_the_war.txt](arke:01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8) and is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text is a lyrical depiction of the Battle of Lookout Mountain, which took place in November 1863.\n\n## Context - Background and provenance from related entities\nThis poem is one of many pieces of poetry contained within the \"Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War\" collection, which is part of the larger \"Melville Complete Works\" collection. The text was extracted from a plain text file. The poem is preceded by \"The House-top. A Night Piece.\" and followed by \"Chattanooga.\"\n\n## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details\nThe poem describes the Battle of Lookout Mountain, focusing on the intensity and drama of the night fight. It uses vivid imagery to portray the mountain as a site of conflict, with references to \"thunders,\" \"terrors,\" and \"a blight.\" The poem poses rhetorical questions about the nature of the battle and celebrates the triumph of the Union forces. It concludes with a sense of victory and the glorification of the mountain where the battle took place.\n","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:26.697Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"Look-out Mountain. The Night Fight.","end_line":1809,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:35.910Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Look-out Mountain. The Night Fight.","source_file":"01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8","start_line":1776,"text":"Look-out Mountain.\r\nThe Night Fight.\r\n(November, 1863.)\r\n\r\n\r\nWho inhabiteth the Mountain\r\n  That it shines in lurid light,\r\nAnd is rolled about with thunders,\r\n  And terrors, and a blight,\r\nLike Kaf the peak of Eblis--\r\n  Kaf, the evil height?\r\nWho has gone up with a shouting\r\n  And a trumpet in the night?\r\n\r\nThere is battle in the Mountain--\r\n  Might assaulteth Might;\r\n’Tis the fastness of the Anarch,\r\n  Torrent-torn, an ancient height;\r\nThe crags resound the clangor\r\n  Of the war of Wrong and Right;\r\nAnd the armies in the valley\r\n  Watch and pray for dawning light.\r\n\r\nJoy, Joy, the day is breaking,\r\n  And the cloud is rolled from sight;\r\nThere is triumph in the Morning\r\n  For the Anarch’s plunging flight;\r\nGod has glorified the Mountain\r\n  Where a Banner burneth bright,\r\nAnd the armies in the valley\r\n  They are fortified in right.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"Look-out Mountain. The Night Fight."},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9","peer_type":"poetry_collection","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJMQ3ETZ4D7TCKR805P99","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AJMQ3ZCVEFAQ9ZVJ40K69","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:38.207Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:27.048Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}