By Memory Inspired Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCDD EEBFFBD GGDHHDD IJKLLDD GGDMMDD NNDOODD| By Memory inspired | A |
| And love of country fired | A |
| The deeds of men I love to dwell upon | B |
| And the patriotic glow | C |
| Of my spirits must bestow | C |
| A tribute to O'Connell that is gone boys gone | D |
| Here's a memory to the friends that are gone | D |
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| In October Ninety seven | E |
| May his soul find rest in Heaven | E |
| William Orr to execution was led on | B |
| The jury drunk agreed | F |
| That Irish was his creed | F |
| For perjury and threats drove them on boys on | B |
| Here's the memory of John Mitchell that is gone | D |
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| In Ninety eight the month July | G |
| The informer's pay was high | G |
| When Reynolds gave the gallows brave MacCann | D |
| But MacCann was Reynolds' first | H |
| One could not allay his thirst | H |
| So he brought up Bond and Byrne that are gone boys gone | D |
| Here's the memory of the friends that are gone | D |
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| We saw a nation's tears | I |
| Shed for John and Henry Shears | J |
| Betrayed by Judas Captain Armstrong | K |
| We may forgive but yet | L |
| We never can forget | L |
| The poisoning of Maguire that is gone boys gone | D |
| Our high Star and true Apostle that is gone | D |
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| How did Lord Edward die | G |
| Like a man without a sigh | G |
| But he left his handiwork on Major Swan | D |
| But Sirr with steel clad breast | M |
| And coward heart at best | M |
| Left us cause to mourn Lord Edward that is gone boys gone | D |
| Here's the memory of our friends that are gone | D |
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| September Eighteen three | N |
| Closed this cruel history | N |
| When Emmet's blood the scaffold flowed upon | D |
| Oh had their spirits been wise | O |
| They might then realise | O |
| Their freedom but we drink to Mitchell that is gone boys gone | D |
| Here's the memory of the friends that are gone | D |
Anonymous
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