A Hymn Of The Many Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC BEEB FGGF HII| God's people sorely were oppressed | A |
| I heard their lamentations long | B |
| I hear their singing clear and strong | B |
| I see their banners in the West | A |
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| The captains shout the battle cry | C |
| The legions muster in their might | D |
| They turn their faces to the light | D |
| They lift their arms they testify | C |
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| 'We sank beneath the Master's thong | B |
| Our chafing chains were ne'er undone | E |
| Now clash your lances in the sun | E |
| And bless your banners with a song | B |
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| 'God bides his time with patient eyes | F |
| While tyrants build upon the land | G |
| He lifts his face he lifts his hand | G |
| And from the stones his temples rise | F |
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| 'Now Freedom waves her joyous wing | H |
| Beyond the foemen's shields of gold | I |
| March forward singing for behold | I |
| The right shall rule while God is king ' | - |
Ambrose Bierce
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