For President, Leland Stanford Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHHCCIIJJ KKLLMMNNOOPG| Mahomet Stanford with covetous stare | A |
| Gazed on a vision surpassingly fair | A |
| Far on the desert's remote extreme | B |
| A mountain of gold with a mellow gleam | B |
| Reared its high pinnacles into the sky | C |
| The work of mirage to delude the eye | C |
| Pixley Pasha at the Prophet's feet | D |
| Piously licking them swearing them sweet | D |
| Ventured observing his master's glance | E |
| To beg that he order the mountain's advance | E |
| Mahomet Stanford exerted his will | F |
| Commanding 'In Allah's name hither hill ' | G |
| Never an inch the mountain came | H |
| Mahomet Stanford with face aflame | H |
| Lifted his foot and kicked alack | C |
| Pixley Pasha on the end of the back | C |
| Mollified thus and smiling free | I |
| He said 'Since the mountain won't come to me | I |
| I'll go to the mountain ' With infinite pains | J |
| Camels in caravans negroes in trains | J |
| Warriors workmen women and fools | K |
| Food and water and mining tools | K |
| He gathered about him a mighty array | L |
| And the journey began at the close of day | L |
| All night they traveled at early dawn | M |
| Many a wearisome league had gone | M |
| Morning broke fair with a golden sheen | N |
| Mountain alas was nowhere seen | N |
| Mahomet Stanford pounded his breast | O |
| Pixley Pasha he thus addressed | O |
| 'Dog of mendacity cheat and slave | P |
| May jackasses sing o'er your grandfather's grave ' | G |
Ambrose Bierce
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