Jefferson's Daughter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLN IO O PQPQ| 'It is asserted on the authority of an American Newspaper that the | A |
| daughter of Thomas Jefferson late President of the United States was | B |
| sold at New Orleans for ' Morning Chronicle | C |
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| Can the blood that at Lexington poured o'er the plain | D |
| When the sons warred with tyrants their rights to uphold | E |
| Can the tide of Niagara wipe out the stain | D |
| No Jefferson's child has been bartered for gold | E |
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| Do you boast of your freedom Peace babblers be still | F |
| Prate not of the goddess who scarce deigns to hear | G |
| Have ye power to unbind Are ye wanting in will | F |
| Must the groans of your bondman still torture the ear | G |
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| The daughter of Jefferson sold for a slave | H |
| The child of a freeman for dollars and francs | I |
| The roar of applause when your orators rave | H |
| Is lost in the sound of her chain as it clanks | I |
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| Peace then ye blasphemers of Liberty's name | J |
| Though red was the blood by your forefathers spilt | K |
| Still redder your cheeks should be mantled with shame | J |
| Till the spirit of freedom shall cancel the guilt | K |
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| But the brand of the slave is the tint of his skin | L |
| Though his heart may beat loyal and true underneath | M |
| While the soul of the tyrant is rotten within | L |
| And his white the mere cloak to the blackness of death | N |
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| Are ye deaf to the plaints that each moment arise | I |
| Is it thus ye forget the mild precepts of Penn | O |
| Unheeding the clamor that 'maddens the skies ' | - |
| As ye trample the rights of your dark fellow men | O |
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| When the incense that glows before Liberty's shrine | P |
| Is unmixed with the blood of the galled and oppressed | Q |
| O then and then only the boast may be thine | P |
| That the stripes and stars wave o'er a land of the blest | Q |
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