Onward Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCDEDAAFCCDED AAFCCDED GGDCCDED EEHCCDED| Have the blasts of sorrow worn thee | A |
| Have the rocks of danger torn thee | A |
| And thus shifted wreck like drifted | B |
| Wouldst thou find a port in time | C |
| Vain the quest That word sublime | C |
| God s great one word | D |
| Silent never pealeth ever | E |
| Onward | D |
| Hast thou done all loving duty | A |
| Hast thou clothed thy soul with beauty | A |
| And wouldst rest then wholly blest then | F |
| In some sunny lapse of time | C |
| Vain the hope The word sublime | C |
| God s great one word | D |
| Silent never pealeth ever | E |
| Onward | D |
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| Hast thou won the heart of glory | A |
| Hast thou charmed the tongue of story | A |
| And wouldst pause then for applause then | F |
| Underneath the stars of time | C |
| Vain the lure That word sublime | C |
| God s great one word | D |
| Silent never pealeth ever | E |
| Onward | D |
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| Truth and virtue hast thou wrought for | G |
| Faith and freedom hast thou fought for | G |
| And then shrinkest for thou thinkest | D |
| Paid is all thy debt in time | C |
| Vain the thought That word sublime | C |
| God s great one word | D |
| Silent never pealeth ever | E |
| Onward | D |
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| From endeavour to endeavour | E |
| Journeying with hours for ever | E |
| Or aspiring or acquiring | H |
| This O man is life in time | C |
| Urged by that primal word sublime | C |
| God s great one word | D |
| Silent never pealeth ever | E |
| Onward | D |
Charles Harpur
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