Fly A Clean Flag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCAADDAAEF GGHHIIJJKKGGL M NNBBLLDDCCH| This 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 |
| - | |
| '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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