March Of The Deathless Dead Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDCCD EFGGF HIHHI JKJJK ILIIL MNMMN OPOOP MQMMQ| Gather the sacred dust | A |
| Of the warriors tried and true | B |
| Who bore the flag of a Nation's trust | A |
| And fell in a cause though lost still just | A |
| And died for me and you | B |
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| Gather them one and all | C |
| From the private to the chief | D |
| Come they from hovel or princely hall | C |
| They fell for us and for them should fall | C |
| The tears of a Nation's grief | D |
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| Gather the corpses strewn | E |
| O'er many a battle plain | F |
| From many a grave that lies so lone | G |
| Without a name and without a stone | G |
| Gather the Southern slain | F |
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| We care not whence they came | H |
| Dear in their lifeless clay | I |
| Whether unknown or known to fame | H |
| Their cause and country still the same | H |
| They died and wore the Gray | I |
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| Wherever the brave have died | J |
| They should not rest apart | K |
| Living they struggled side by side | J |
| Why should the hand of Death divide | J |
| A single heart from heart | K |
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| Gather their scattered clay | I |
| Wherever it may rest | L |
| Just as they marched to the bloody fray | I |
| Just as they fell on the battle day | I |
| Bury them breast to breast | L |
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| The foeman need not dread | M |
| This gathering of the brave | N |
| Without sword or flag and with soundless tread | M |
| We muster once more our deathless dead | M |
| Out of each lonely grave | N |
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| The foeman need not frown | O |
| They all are powerless now | P |
| We gather them here and we lay them down | O |
| And tears and prayers are the only crown | O |
| We bring to wreathe each brow | P |
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| And the dead thus meet the dead | M |
| While the living o'er them weep | Q |
| And the men by Lee and Stonewall led | M |
| And the hearts that once together bled | M |
| Together still shall sleep | Q |
Abram Joseph Ryan
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