{"id":"01KG8AJQP32A3E9JFPAGX3B7MC","cid":"bafkreidfi7ud7kvmt6xnp64qvcpghdhy3rktukxzbi54ttl45br5hceegy","type":"segment","properties":{"description":"# Aurora-Borealis.\n\n## Overview\n\"Aurora-Borealis.\" is a segment of poetry extracted from the larger work, [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.](arke:01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9). This segment spans lines 3380-3399 of its source file and is titled \"Aurora-Borealis.\"\n\n## Context\nThis poetic segment is part of [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.](arke:01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9), a poetry collection that is itself part of the broader [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was extracted from the digital file [battle_pieces_and_aspects_of_the_war.txt](arke:01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8). It follows the segment titled [The Muster:](arke:01KG8AJQP36B2PQT84YCW2QJPE) and precedes the segment titled [Verses Inscriptive and Memorial](arke:01KG8AJQNXW5HA3N50Z4HM02XY).\n\n## Contents\nThe segment describes a figure emerging from a trance, characterized by a \"clear calm look\" that speaks of pain, purification, and repressed triumph. The imagery includes a \"shivered yoke\" at her feet and \"Law on her brow and empire in her eyes,\" culminating in her standing on a crag with a lifted flag as a shadow flees.","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:23.054Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"Aurora-Borealis.","end_line":3399,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:35.910Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Aurora-Borealis.","source_file":"01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8","start_line":3380,"text":"But from the trance she sudden broke--\r\n  The trance, or death into promoted life;\r\nAt her feet a shivered yoke,\r\nAnd in her aspect turned to heaven\r\n  No trace of passion or of strife--\r\nA clear calm look. It spake of pain,\r\nBut such as purifies from stain--\r\nSharp pangs that never come again--\r\n  And triumph repressed by knowledge meet,\r\nPower dedicate, and hope grown wise,\r\n  And youth matured for age’s seat--\r\nLaw on her brow and empire in her eyes.\r\n  So she, with graver air and lifted flag;\r\nWhile the shadow, chased by light,\r\nFled along the far-drawn height,\r\n  And left her on the crag.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"Aurora-Borealis."},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9","peer_type":"poetry_collection","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJQP36B2PQT84YCW2QJPE","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AJQNXW5HA3N50Z4HM02XY","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:41.251Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:23.763Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}