Daniel Schjà¶tz Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDEFGFG HIHIHJHJHKHK| DIED OF OVER EXERTION AS VOLUNTEER MILITARY SURGEON | A |
| - | |
| He gave heed to no Great Power | B |
| But the one that God we call | C |
| Hastening on to death's high hour | B |
| He before asked not the Gaul | C |
| Nor the Briton nor the others | D |
| If he too had leave to die | E |
| In the battle of his brothers | D |
| Underneath the Danish sky | E |
| First to act with ardor youthful | F |
| First a strong clear faith to show | G |
| First to swear in spirit truthful | F |
| First o'er death's dark bridge to go | G |
| - | |
| Knowing not in times so trying | H |
| None would come but he alone | I |
| Thus he struggled death defying | H |
| For the sacred things we own | I |
| He of thousands here remaining | H |
| Single would the name redeem | J |
| Sank then with his zeal unwaning | H |
| Down beneath death's silent stream | J |
| First of souls in hope believing | H |
| Freedom's right 'gainst wrong to wield | K |
| First warm drop full flowing cleaving | H |
| Of our blood on Denmark's shield | K |
Bjarnstjerne Bjarnson
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