Princeton, May, 1917 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC D EFEFGHGH BIBIJKJK GLGMANAN ODODPQPQ RSTSUVUV GBGBWXWX| i Here Freedom stood by slaughtered friend and foe | A |
| And ere the wrath paled or that sunset died | B |
| Looked through the ages then with eyes aglow | A |
| Laid them to wait that future side by side i | C |
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| Lines for a monument to the American and British soldiers of the Revolutionary War who fell on the Princeton battlefield and were buried in one grave | D |
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| Now lamp lit gardens in the blue dusk shine | E |
| Through dogwood red and white | F |
| And round the gray quadrangles line by line | E |
| The windows fill with light | F |
| Where Princeton calls to Magdalen tower to tower | G |
| Twin lanthorns of the law | H |
| And those cream white magnolia boughs embower | G |
| The halls of Old Nassau | H |
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| The dark bronze tigers crouch on either side | B |
| Where redcoats used to pass | I |
| And round the bird loved house where Mercer died | B |
| And violets dusk the grass | I |
| By Stony Brook that ran so red of old | J |
| But sings of friendship now | K |
| To feed the old enemy's harvest fifty fold | J |
| The green earth takes the plow | K |
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| Through this May night if one great ghost should stray | G |
| With deep remembering eyes | L |
| Where that old meadow of battle smiles away | G |
| Its blood stained memories | M |
| If Washington should walk where friend and foe | A |
| Sleep and forget the past | N |
| Be sure his unquenched heart would leap to know | A |
| Their souls are linked at last | N |
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| Be sure he walks in shadowy buff and blue | O |
| Where those dim lilacs wave | D |
| He bends his head to bless as dreams come true | O |
| The promise of that grave | D |
| Then with a vaster hope than thought can scan | P |
| Touching his ancient sword | Q |
| Prays for that mightier realm of God in man | P |
| Hasten thy kingdom Lord | Q |
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| Land of our hope land of the singing stars | R |
| Type of the world to be | S |
| The vision of a world set free from wars | T |
| Takes life takes form from thee | S |
| Where all the jarring nations of this earth | U |
| Beneath the all blessing sun | V |
| Bring the new music of mankind to birth | U |
| And make the whole world one | V |
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| And those old comrades rise around him there | G |
| Old foemen side by side | B |
| With eyes like stars upon the brave night air | G |
| And young as when they died | B |
| To hear your bells O beautiful Princeton towers | W |
| Ring for the world's release | X |
| They see you piercing like gray swords through flowers | W |
| And smile from souls at peace | X |
Alfred Noyes
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