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Condición: Overall very good plus. An unpublished manuscript poem mourning the death of Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), written by a friend who "had known Commodore Decatur upwards of twenty years:- a great portion of that time intimately-under the auspices of a sincere, reciprocal friendship." A hero of the Quasi-War, War of 1812, and both Barbary Wars, Decatur was killed in March of 1820 in a duel with Commodore James Barron over comments Decatur had made about Barron's conduct during the Chesapeake-Leopard affair. The poem, which appears to have been re-written by a copyist around the 1840s or 50s, was purportedly written in April of 1820 "at the spot where repose the remains of the great and gallant Decatur". The inscription on the flyleaf indicates that this copy belonged to Decatur's nephew, also named Stephen Decatur, and also a Commodore of the US Navy. Interestingly, the author has made several pleas for secrecy about the text; he states that he "sought concealment" so that he could come to Decatur's grave "in as secret a manner as possible", and states of the poem that it: "is intended to be placed in an impervious case by the side of the 'Hero's Tomb,' a tribute of affection,- an offering of the Muse,- and a memorial of the grief occasioned by his untimely death. Should it at any future day, be discovered, it will be remembered that it never was intended to go beyond the eye of the author and the sacred sanctuary where it is deposited - It is hoped there it will remain sacred in the concealment the author wishes, which best suits the melancholly motive by which he has been actuated." It is not clear why secrecy about the text was so paramount to its author. Intimate and ardent platonic friendships between men, described in terms of passion and love, were neither uncommon nor shameful at the time. It seems possible, though, that the author's feelings may have gone a step beyond this; in particular, in the preamble to the poem he spends a fair amount of words contemplating Decatur's looks: "With these intrinsic gifts he added a form full of beauty and grace, an appearance that announced instantaneously the just pretensions of their professor, exciting in the beholder an interest and prepossession, sometimes felt, although difficult to be accounted for. His look was impressive in the highest degree, commanding the confidence of all who came within the influence of his eye and voice. "The person of Commodore Decatur was of a manly height, most symmetrically proportioned, erect & imposing - his bust of the finest order, - the chest full and expanded, the neck long and muscular, the head gracefully affixed, - the face oval; - the forehead ample; - the hair of raven hue and curling; the nose aquiline; - the mouth large and highly expressive, - the chin full; - the eye, the index and mirror of the soul, of a deep dark brown, quick and annimated in conversation, grave and solemn in meditation; - and its force, concentrated by inquiry or research, awfully scrutinizing; seeming to penetrate the recesses of the hidden heart; - these constituents combined formed a beautiful and interesting countenance such as identified a Hero fitted for the glorious occupation and circumstance of man; - to command, inspire and electrify." And, early in the poem, he laments: "Oh God! is here my friend so late I viewed / In all the health and strength of manhood's prime? / His mind with bright intelligence endued [sic] / His manly beauty still untouched by time -". He also remarks of their early relationship that "As manhood ripened, I the nearer drew". At several points, while writing of the loss to Decatur's wife, Susan Wheeler, the poem verges on taking on her point of view: "No more behold the sparkle of his eye, / His lip once warm with love's ambrosial sigh." Of course, twenty-first century norms of interpersonal relationships cannot be imposed here, and the author himself seems to have been married ("Here the unyielding tie - / That made me cling to earth and fear to die: / O! it was bitterness from her to part - / Who by the force of love enchained my heart"). Nonetheless, the relationship was close enough for the author to have contemplated suicide following his loss, finding "naught worth living for below": "The privilege of friendship still I crave, / To bend in fond devotion o'er thy grave. / Dreaming of wild unutterable things, / Such as a dark imagination brings / From this thy home,- thy long and last abode - / Not by thy country, but by friends bestowed!" He writes, "No dread of a terrific judge had I: / And yet I could not bring myself to die." In a description of this poem from M&S Rare Books, Daniel Siegel notes that Decatur's close relationship with fellow officer and childhood friend Richard Somers was discussed in Randy Shilts' book Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the Military (2005). Shilts wrote that Decatur wore a gold ring belonging to Somers and, after Somers' death, was similarly inconsolable and continued to wear the ring for the remainder of his life. Much of the poem discusses Decatur's exploits with the Navy, especially in the Barbary Wars ("Turk upon Turk in dreadful slaughter piled"), proclaiming that: "Known is thy name within that chieftain's hall - / Is seen inscribed on every mouldering wall - / Thy deeds are sung within his gloomy towers / Thus slaves beguile away his heavy hours - / [.] There stands thy name in deep indented mark / On sombre turrets now grown gray and dark". Following the poem are a number of annotations giving historical context for specific lines. These include a narrative of an amputation performed by Decatur during one of the Barbary Wars, which the author claims to have witnessed: "Immediately after one of the desperate assaults on the Fortresses and Castles of Tripoli which were so often conducted by Decatur, the Gunboats being withdrawn beyond point blank range, he attended in person to the amputation of several limbs, which it was found necessary from their mutilated cond.…