Sachal. A Waif Of Battle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCB A DEFD A GHHG D IJJI D KGGK D LMML D NOON D JPPJ O DQQD O RSSR O BDDB O TEET O UVVU D WJJW D XYYX D ZA2A2Z D NB2B2N| I | A |
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| Lo at my feet | B |
| A something pale of hue | C |
| A something sad to view | C |
| Dead or alive I dare not call it sweet | B |
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| II | A |
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| Not white as snow | D |
| Not transient as a tear | E |
| A warrior left it here | F |
| It was his passport ere he met the foe | D |
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| III | A |
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| Here is a name | G |
| A word upon the book | H |
| If ye but kneel to look | H |
| Ye'll find the letters Sachal on the same | G |
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| IV | D |
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| His Land to cherish | I |
| He died at twenty seven | J |
| There are no wars in Heaven | J |
| But when he fought he gain'd the right to perish | I |
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| V | D |
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| Where was he born | K |
| In France at Puy le D 'me | G |
| A wanderer from his home | G |
| He found a Fatherland beyond the morn | K |
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| VI | D |
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| 'Twas France's plan | L |
| The cause he did not ask | M |
| His life was but a mask | M |
| And he upraised it martyr'd at Sedan | L |
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| VII | D |
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| And prone in death | N |
| Beyond the name of France | O |
| Beyond his hero glance | O |
| He thought belike of her who gave him breath | N |
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| VIII | D |
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| O thou dead son | J |
| O Sachal far away | P |
| But not forgot to day | P |
| I had a mother too but now have none | J |
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| IX | O |
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| Our hopes are brave | D |
| Our faiths are braver still | Q |
| The soul shall no man kill | Q |
| For God will find us each one in his grave | D |
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| X | O |
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| A land more vast | R |
| Than Europe's kingdoms are | S |
| A brighter nobler star | S |
| Than victory's fearful light is thine at last | R |
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| XI | O |
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| And should'st thou meet | B |
| Yon Germans up on high | D |
| Thy foes when death was nigh | D |
| Nor thou nor they will sound the soul's retreat | B |
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| XII | O |
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| For all are just | T |
| Yea all are patriots there | E |
| And thou O Fils de Pierre | E |
| Hast found thy marshal's baton in the dust | T |
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| XIII | O |
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| Oh farewell friend | U |
| My friend albeit unknown | V |
| Save in thy death alone | V |
| Oh fare thee well till sin and sorrow end | U |
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| XIV | D |
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| In realms of joy | W |
| We'll meet aye every one | J |
| Mother and sire and son | J |
| And my poor mother too will claim her boy | W |
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| XV | D |
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| Death leads to God | X |
| Death is the Sword of Fate | Y |
| Death is the Golden Gate | Y |
| That opens up to glory through the sod | X |
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| XVI | D |
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| And thou that road | Z |
| O Sachal thou hast found | A2 |
| A king is not so crown'd | A2 |
| As thou art soldier in thy blest abode | Z |
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| XVII | D |
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| Deathless in death | N |
| Exalted not destroy'd | B2 |
| Thou art in Heaven employ'd | B2 |
| To swell the songs of angels with thy breath | N |
Eric Mackay
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