A Song Of Republics Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPLPL QRSRTRUR VLWLXYZY CHA2HB2C2D2C2 E2A2XA2F2DG2D H2I2J2I2K2UCU EL2M2L2N2O2OO2| Fair Freedom's ship too long adrift | A |
| Of every wind the sport | B |
| Now rigged and manned her course well planned | C |
| Sails proudly out of port | B |
| And fluttering gaily from the mast | D |
| This motto is unfurled | E |
| Let all men heed its truth who read | F |
| Republics rule the World | E |
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| The universe is high as God | G |
| Good is the final goal | H |
| The world revolves and man evolves | I |
| A purpose and a soul | H |
| No church can bind no crown forbid | J |
| Thought's mighty upward course | K |
| Let kings give way before its sway | L |
| For God inspires its force | K |
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| The hero of a vanished age | M |
| Was one who bathed in gore | N |
| Who best could fight was noblest knight | O |
| In savage days of yore | N |
| Now warrior chiefs are out of date | P |
| The times have changed To day | L |
| We call men great who arbitrate | P |
| And keep war's hounds at bay | L |
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| The world no longer looks to priest | Q |
| Or prince to know its needs | R |
| Earth's human throng has grown too strong | S |
| To rule with courts and creeds | R |
| We want no kings but kings of toil | T |
| No crowns but crowns of deeds | R |
| Not royal birth but sterling worth | U |
| Must mark the man who leads | R |
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| Proud monarchies are out of step | V |
| With modern thought to day | L |
| For Brotherhood is understood | W |
| And thrones may pass away | L |
| Men dare to think Concerted thought | X |
| Contains more power than swords | Y |
| The force that binds united minds | Z |
| Defeats mere savage hordes | Y |
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| Man needs no arbitrary hand | C |
| To keep him in control | H |
| He feels the power grow hour by hour | A2 |
| Of his expanding soul | H |
| In God's stupendous scheme of worlds | B2 |
| He knows he has a place | C2 |
| He is no slave to cringe and crave | D2 |
| Some worthless monarch's grace | C2 |
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| As ocean billows undermine | E2 |
| The haughty shores each hour | A2 |
| Time's sea has brought its waves of thought | X |
| To crumble thrones of power | A2 |
| And one by one shall kingdoms fall | F2 |
| Like leaves before the blast | D |
| As man with man combines to plan | G2 |
| Republics formed to last | D |
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| Columbia baulked a tyrant king | H2 |
| And built upon a rock | I2 |
| In Freedom's name a shrine whose fame | J2 |
| Outlived the century's shock | I2 |
| Now France within our port has set | K2 |
| Her symbol of re birth | U |
| Her lifted hand tells sea and land | C |
| Republics light the earth | U |
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| One mighty church for all the world | E |
| Would make men far more kind | L2 |
| One government would bring content | M2 |
| To many a restless mind | L2 |
| Sail on fair ship of Freedom sail | N2 |
| The wide sea's breadth and length | O2 |
| 'Till worlds unite to make the might | O |
| Of One Republic's strength | O2 |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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