National Anniversay Ode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBCBDB EBFBCGHG IJBJCKLM NICIDOPO Q| Ho for the day in the whole year the brightest | A |
| Long may it live in the heart of the nation | B |
| Long may it be ere the names are forgotten | B |
| That boldly were signed to the grand declaration | B |
| Shout sons of liberty shout for the one land free | C |
| Under the sun | B |
| On this thrice bless d day its bonds were struck away | D |
| Its thongs undone | B |
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| Ho for our banner the emblem of freedom | E |
| What can arouse a true hero's devotion | B |
| What like the Stars and Stripes floating above us | F |
| Queen of all lands and the peer of the ocean | B |
| Oh it is fair to see oh it is dear to me | C |
| Flag of the brave | G |
| Time's wheel shall cease to move true hearts shall cease to love | H |
| Ere it cease to wave | G |
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| But there's a blemish now staining our banner | I |
| The bright stars are dimmed and the fair stripes are spotted | J |
| With the tears of the drunkard's wife mother and children | B |
| With hot tears of shame is our flag blurred and blotted | J |
| Victims of tyranny strike till our land is free | C |
| From King Alcohol | K |
| Strike down his whelps of sin rum brandy beer and gin | L |
| Strangle them all | M |
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| Up to the contest and wipe out this blemish | N |
| Columbia's son and Columbia's daughter | I |
| God speed the day when the one 'Land of Freedom' | C |
| Shall add to its title the 'Land of Cold Water' | I |
| Three cheers for Columbia and this her natal day | D |
| God bless the right | O |
| And guard from a traitor's hand this our beloved land | P |
| And the Red Blue and White | O |
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| July th | Q |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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