To Sweden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IHJKI LH MNMN JNJN MJMOMO MMMM PHQH RN NN SHSH MSM| Lift thou thine ancient yellow blue | A |
| Aloft the front must show it | B |
| The German's slow to take the cue | A |
| But seeing that he'll know it | B |
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| He'll know that greater danger's near | C |
| Than ink on Bismarck's trousers | D |
| That it will cost him doubly dear | C |
| Men horses bovine browsers | D |
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| That ten years' nonsense now is done | E |
| The daily quarrel dirty | F |
| Will soon become a war with one | E |
| Who held his own for thirty | F |
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| The Northland's stubborn folk allied | G |
| Their forces are uniting | H |
| With glorious memories to guide | G |
| The Northern heavens lighting | H |
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| That great Gustavus once again | I |
| To battle glad is riding | H |
| But now | J |
| against | K |
| the Southern men | I |
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| With | L |
| Christian Fourth is siding | H |
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| With Haakon Earl the times of old | M |
| Round Palnatoki gather | N |
| Near Charles the Twelfth stands Tordenskjold | M |
| Placid and smiling rather | N |
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| That we who have so well known how | J |
| To fight against each other | N |
| Shall not exactly scorn earn now | J |
| When brother stands with brother | N |
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| But forward | M |
| thou | J |
| the way must lead | M |
| With stirring drum beats' rattle | O |
| Thy marching step we all must heed | M |
| Thou 'rt known on fields of battle | O |
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| That ancient Swedish melody | M |
| Renowned in world wide glory | M |
| Not merely for the heart's deep plea | M |
| In Jenny's travel story | M |
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| But for the solemn earnestness | P |
| To L tzen's battle calling | H |
| And for the daring strains no less | Q |
| That rang at Narwa's falling | H |
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| The song thou sang'st the North t' inspire | R |
| With virtue and with power | N |
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| The three must with united choir | N |
| Lift up this very hour | N |
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| It now must bear aloft a hymn | S |
| The call of God proclaiming | H |
| Pictures of blood its lines shall limn | S |
| Drawn bold in letters flaming | H |
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| Its name shall be 'The Free North's Hymn ' | - |
| Of all the hymns thou voicest | M |
| Whose glory time shall never dim | S |
| It shall be first and choicest | M |
Bjarnstjerne Bjarnson
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