When The Drums Shall Cease To Beat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD BBEE DDFF| When will the laughter ring again in the way that it used to do | A |
| Not till the soldiers come home again not till the war is through | A |
| When will the holly gleam again and the Christmas candles burn | B |
| Not till the swords are sheathed once more and the brave of our land return | B |
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| When will happy hearts meet again in the lights of the Christmas tree | C |
| Not till the cannons cease their roar and the sailors come from sea | C |
| When shall we sing as we used to do and dance in the old time way | D |
| Not till the soldiers come home again and the bugles cease to play | D |
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| Oh dull is the red of the holly now and faintly the candles burn | B |
| And we long for the smile of the missing face and the absent one's return | B |
| We long for the laughter we used to know and the love that made giving sweet | E |
| But we must wait for the joys of old till the drums shall cease to beat | E |
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| We shall laugh once more as we used to do and dance in the old time way | D |
| For this is the pledge they have made to us who serve in the war to day | D |
| And the joys of home that we treasure so are the joys that their lives defend | F |
| And they shall give us our Christmas time as soon as the war shall end | F |
Edgar Albert Guest
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