Song For Canada Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDEFFEGHIAH JKGGLMNOONG HIAH FPQQPRGCCGGHIAH SEBBETFUUF GHIAH| Sons of the race whose sires | A |
| Aroused the martial flame | B |
| That filled with smiles | C |
| The triune Isles | C |
| Through all their heights of fame | B |
| With hearts as brave as theirs | D |
| With hopes as strong and high | E |
| We'll ne'er disgrace | F |
| The honoured race | F |
| Whose deeds can never die | E |
| Let but the rash intruder dare | G |
| To touch our darling strand | H |
| The martial fires | I |
| That thrilled our sires | A |
| Would flame throughout the land | H |
| - | |
| Our lakes are deep and wide | J |
| Our fields and forests broad | K |
| With cheerful air | G |
| We'll speed the share | G |
| And break the fruitful sod | L |
| Till blest with rural peace | M |
| Proud of our rustic toil | N |
| On hill and plain | O |
| True kings we'll reign | O |
| The victors of the soil | N |
| But let the rash intruder dare | G |
| - | |
| To touch our darling strand | H |
| The martial fires | I |
| That thrilled our sires | A |
| Would light him from the land | H |
| - | |
| Health smiles with rosy face | F |
| Amid our sunny dales | P |
| And torrents strong | Q |
| Fling hymn and song | Q |
| Through all the mossy vales | P |
| Our sons are living men | R |
| Our daughters fond and fair | G |
| A thousand isles | C |
| Where Plenty smiles | C |
| Make glad the brow of Care | G |
| But let the rash intruder dare | G |
| To touch our darling strand | H |
| The martial fires | I |
| That thrilled our sires | A |
| Would flame throughout the land | H |
| - | |
| And if in future years | S |
| One wretch should turn and fly | E |
| Let weeping Fame | B |
| Blot out his name | B |
| From Freedom's hallowed sky | E |
| Or should our sons e'er prove | T |
| A coward traitor race | F |
| Just heaven frown | U |
| In thunder down | U |
| T' avenge the foul disgrace | F |
| - | |
| But let the rash intruder dare | G |
| To touch our darling strand | H |
| The martial fires | I |
| That thrilled our sires | A |
| Would light him from the land | H |
Charles Sangster
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