Fly A Clean Flag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCAADDAAEF GGHHIIJJKKGGL M NNBBLLDDCCHThis I heard the Old Flag say | A |
As I passed it yesterday | A |
'Months ago your friendly hands | B |
Fastened me on slender strands | B |
And with patriotic love | C |
Placed me here to wave above | C |
You and yours I heard you say | A |
On that long departed day | A |
'Flag of all that's true and fine | D |
Wave above this house of mine | D |
Be the first at break of day | A |
And the last at night to say | A |
To the world this word of cheer | E |
Loyalty abideth here ' | F |
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'Here on every wind that's blown | G |
O'er your' portal I have flown | G |
Rain and snow have battered me | H |
Storms at night have tattered me | H |
Dust of street and chimney stack | I |
Day by day have stained me black | I |
And I've watched you passing there | J |
Wondering how much you care | J |
Have you noticed that your flag | K |
Is to day a wind blown rag | K |
Has your love so careless grown | G |
By the long neglect you've shown | G |
That you never raise your eye | L |
To the symbol that you fly ' | - |
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'Flag on which no stain has been | M |
'Tis my sin that you're unclean ' | - |
Then I answered in my shame | N |
'On my head must lie the blame | N |
Now with patriotic hands | B |
I release you from your strands | B |
And a spotless flag shall fly | L |
Here to greet each passer by | L |
Nevermore shall Flag of mine | D |
Be a sad and sorry sign | D |
Telling all who look above | C |
I neglect the thing I love | C |
But my Flag of faith shall be | H |
Fit for every eye to see ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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