During A Journey In Sweden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB B CD EE FFGG FFHH FFII JJKK JJ LL MMNN JJB BMy boyish heart in thee confided | A |
For to the great by thee 't was guided | A |
As man my waiting is for thee | B |
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The Northern cause with thee with thee | B |
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Rich lands and talents are thy dower | C |
But fallow lie thy wealth and power | D |
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Thou must the North in concord bind | E |
Or never shalt thy true self find | E |
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There's longing in thy folk arisen | F |
Poetic hope but yet in prison | F |
Though forces great within thee dwell | G |
Thou art not wholly sound and well | G |
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Too many things are undertaken | F |
Too oft the task is soon forsaken | F |
Though rich in promptings of the heart | H |
In faith and duty faint thou art | H |
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In danger only hast thou thriven | F |
When something great to guard was given | F |
When every breast with warmth shall glow | I |
At Sweden's name thy strength thou'lt know | I |
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What's thine alone lifts not thy feeling | J |
Till honor's cause the skies are pealing | J |
Thou hast no joy but daring deed | K |
In fortune's favor or in need | K |
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For thy fair memories inspiring | J |
Are far too great much more requiring | J |
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The Northern cause Lead thou the way | L |
'T will double glory thee repay | L |
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Of all thou canst this is the greatest | M |
Thy duty earliest and latest | M |
Thy future rests in its embrace | N |
With cure for ills that now abase | N |
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Thou land of heart born fancies thronging | J |
Thou land of poetry and longing | J |
Fill now thy heart thy spirit free | B |
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The Northern banner waits for thee | B |
Bjarnstjerne Bjarnson
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