The Death Of Grant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG IJJK LMML NOOP QRRS TOOU| Father whose hard and cruel law | A |
| Is part of thy compassion's plan | B |
| Thy works presumptuously we scan | B |
| For what the prophets say they saw | A |
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| Unbidden still the awful slope | C |
| Walling us in we climb to gain | D |
| Assurance of the shining plain | D |
| That faith has certified to hope | C |
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| In vain beyond the circling hill | E |
| The shadow and the cloud abide | F |
| Subdue the doubt our spirits guide | F |
| To trust the record and be still | E |
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| To trust it loyally as he | G |
| Who heedful of his high design | H |
| Ne'er raised a seeking eye to thine | H |
| But wrought thy will unconsciously | G |
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| Disputing not of chance or fate | I |
| Nor questioning of cause or creed | J |
| For anything but duty's deed | J |
| Too simply wise too humbly grave | K |
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| The cannon syllabled his name | L |
| His shadow shifted o'er the land | M |
| Portentous as at his demand | M |
| Successive battalions sprang to flame | L |
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| He flared the continent with fire | N |
| The rivers ran in lines of light | O |
| Thy will be done on earth if right | O |
| Or wrong he cared not to inquire | P |
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| His was the heavy hand and his | Q |
| The service of the despot blade | R |
| His the soft answer that allayed | R |
| War's giant animosities | S |
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| Let us have peace our clouded eyes | T |
| Fill Father with another light | O |
| That we may see with clearer sight | O |
| Thy servant's soul in Paradise | U |
Ambrose Bierce
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