The Peaks Of Valor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH| These are the peaks of valor keeping clean your father's name | A |
| Too brave for petty profit to risk the brand of shame | A |
| Adventuring for the future yet mindful of the past | B |
| For God for country and for home still valorous to the last | B |
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| These are the peaks of valor a speech that knows no lie | C |
| A standard of what's right and wrong which no man's wealth can buy | C |
| All unafraid of failure to venture forth to fight | D |
| Yet never for the victory's sake to turn away from right | D |
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| Ten thousand times the victor is he who fails to win | E |
| Who could have worn the conqueror's crown by stooping low in sin | E |
| Ten thousand times the braver is he who turns away | F |
| And scorns to crush a weaker man that he may rule the day | F |
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| These are the peaks of valor standing firm and standing true | G |
| To the best your father taught you and the best you've learned anew | G |
| Helpful to all who need you winning what joys you can | H |
| Writing in triumph to the end your record as a man | H |
Edgar Albert Guest
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