Until The Dawn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFGFHH I JKLK DHMHH| WHEN head and hands and heart alike are weary | A |
| When Hope with folded wings sinks out of sight | B |
| When all thy striving fails to disentangle | C |
| From out wrong's skein the golden thread of right | B |
| When all thy knowledge seems a marsh light's glimmer | D |
| That only shows the blackness of the night | B |
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| In the dark hour when victory seems hopeless | E |
| Against thy lance when armies are arrayed | F |
| When failure writes itself upon thy forehead | G |
| By foes outnumbered and by friends betrayed | F |
| Still stand thou fast though faith be bruised and wounded | H |
| Still face thy future still be undismayed | H |
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| While one true man speaks out against injustice | I |
| While through men's chorused 'Right ' clear rings his 'Wrong ' | - |
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| Freedom still lives One day she will reward him | J |
| Who trusted in her though she tarried long | K |
| Who held her creed was faithful till her coming | L |
| Who for her sake strove suffered and was strong | K |
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| She will bring crowns for those who love and serve her | D |
| If thou canst live for her be satisfied | H |
| If thou canst die for her rejoice Our brothers | M |
| At least shall crown our graves and say 'These died | H |
| Believing in the sun when night was blackest | H |
| And by our dawn their faith is justified ' | - |
Edith Nesbit
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