The Banner Of The Jew Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ KLMLNN LOPOQQ HOHONN LRWake Israel wake Recall to day | A |
The glorious Maccabean rage | B |
The sire heroic hoary gray | A |
His five fold lion lineage | C |
The Wise the Elect the Help of God | D |
The Burst of Spring the Avenging Rod | D |
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From Mizpeh's mountain ridge they saw | E |
Jerusalem's empty streets her shrine | F |
Laid waste where Greeks profaned the Law | E |
With idol and with pagan sign | F |
Mourners in tattered black were there | G |
With ashes sprinkled on their hair | G |
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Then from the stony peak there rang | H |
A blast to ope the graves down poured | I |
The Maccabean clan who sang | H |
Their battle anthem to the Lord | I |
Five heroes lead and following see | J |
Ten thousand rush to victory | J |
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Oh for Jerusalem's trumpet now | K |
To blow a blast of shattering power | L |
To wake the sleepers high and low | M |
And rouse them to the urgent hour | L |
No hand for vengeance but to save | N |
A million naked swords should wave | N |
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Oh deem not dead that martial fire | L |
Say not the mystic flame is spent | O |
With Moses' law and David's lyre | P |
Your ancient strength remains unbent | O |
Let but an Ezra rise anew | Q |
To lift the BANNER OF THE JEW | Q |
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A rag a mock at first erelong | H |
When men have bled and women wept | O |
To guard its precious folds from wrong | H |
Even they who shrunk even they who slept | O |
Shall leap to bless it and to save | N |
Strike for the brave revere the brave | N |
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The sons of Mattathias Jonanthan John Eleazer | L |
Simon also called the Jewel and Jonas the Prince | R |
Emma Lazarus
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