The Call Of Liberty. May 1809 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB DEFGGHHF IIJKKLLMNNOPPQQORRS BBTTSUUVWWXYV ZZA2B2B2 C2C2A2D2D2CDDE2E2CF2 G2BH2H2VVB I2I2J2K2K2QQL2 C2C2KM2M2N2N2K O2O2V N2N2P2Q2C2LLAN2N2K2K 2ALALL| YE nations of Europe arising to war | A |
| And scorning submission to tyranny's might | B |
| Oh follow the track of my bright blazing car | C |
| Diffusing a path way of radiance afar | C |
| Dispelling the shadows of night | B |
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| And hark the destroyer has summon'd his band | D |
| He waves the proud sceptre his magical wand | E |
| In legions they rush to the field | F |
| 'Tis the voice of destruction that swells in the storm | G |
| The cloud and the tempest envelop his form | G |
| O patriots O heroes O chiefs of renown | H |
| Awake in my cause and contend for my crown | H |
| And vict'ry shall hallow your shield | F |
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| Oh think of your fathers how nobly they fought | I |
| Disdaining each peril the combat they sought | I |
| And round me intrepid they stood | J |
| They worshipp'd the beam of my sun darting eye | K |
| Exalted my banner all dreadful on high | K |
| 'Twas their pillar of glory and kindling with pride | L |
| Around it they conquer'd around it they died | L |
| And ting'd the bright streamer in blood | M |
| To you is intrusted the fire flashing sword | N |
| For ages defended for ages ador'd | N |
| The sword that has slumber'd too long | O |
| 'Tis the weapon of Liberty sacred its aid | P |
| For heav'n truth and justice have hallow'd the blade | P |
| Oh seize it with ecstacy wield it ye brave | Q |
| Oh seize it to punish to conquer to save | Q |
| Oh hail it ye minstrels in song | O |
| Fair dazzling unblemish'd its lustre is pure | R |
| For martyrs have died to preserve it secure | R |
| And heroes to guard it have bled | S |
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| 'Twas this that illumin'd the fields of the fight | B |
| When the Chief of Vimeira was matchless in might | B |
| In lightning effulgence at Baylen it stream'd | T |
| At Corunna the zenith of glory it beam'd | T |
| O'er the warrior the patriot the dead | S |
| O Albion my throne and my temple of rest | U |
| Fair light of the waves lovely star of the west | U |
| Ever steady resplendent the same | V |
| Thou shrine of my spirit thou land of my heart | W |
| Where life inspiration and hope I impart | W |
| Behold where my cynosure brilliant appears | X |
| And beams thro' the mist veil of darkness and tears | Y |
| To guide thee to conquest and fame | V |
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| Oh thou art my guardian supreme o'er the sea | Z |
| Still foremost undaunted to combat for me | Z |
| Thou planet thou empress of isles | A2 |
| Oh fearless in danger awake at my call | B2 |
| Shall the standard the altar of Liberty fall | B2 |
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| No never fair queen while thy sons of the main | C2 |
| My trophies my rights and my banners maintain | C2 |
| And live in the heav'n of my smiles | A2 |
| Ye nations of Europe all rous'd by alarms | D2 |
| Oh imitate Albion the peerless in arms | D2 |
| Who kindles my torch from afar | C |
| Her children are mine an invincible band | D |
| My look is the sun beam that brightens their land | D |
| And never oh never that sun beam shall cease | E2 |
| And ne'er shall the light of my presence decrease | E2 |
| While they follow my bright blazing car | C |
| O Austrian warriors who rise in my cause | F2 |
| Ye fight with my falchion ye fight for my laws | G2 |
| And your's is the armour of right | B |
| Then rush to the battle field scorning a fear | H2 |
| And Justice and Freedom shall frown on your spear | H2 |
| In valor in truth and in ardor the same | V |
| All kindling with energy breathing with flame | V |
| Ye shall conquer a torrent of might | B |
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| The slain shall exult in resigning their breath | I2 |
| They shall smile they shall burn they shall triumph in death | I2 |
| And who might not envy their bier | J2 |
| The living victorious shall strew o'er their tomb | K2 |
| The garlands of conquest unfading in bloom | K2 |
| And glory's fair Amaranth proudly shall wave | Q |
| In beauty unsullied adorning their grave | Q |
| Too bright to be stain'd with a tear | L2 |
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| And you brave Iberians oh ever disdain | C2 |
| The sword of oppression and tyranny's chain | C2 |
| Be free gallant Spaniards or die | K |
| For you when surrounded by darkness and foes | M2 |
| The day spring of Freedom in radiance arose | M2 |
| Tho' shadows and clouds may obscure it awhile | N2 |
| Oh yet it may brighten oh yet it may smile | N2 |
| And beam in meridian on high | K |
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| But where is the patriot undaunted and bold | O2 |
| Whose name is immortal whose deeds are enroll'd | O2 |
| On adamant high in my fame | V |
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| My Palafox oft must I weep to recal | N2 |
| Thy trophies my hero thy fame and thy fall | N2 |
| Thy sabre was lightning thy spirit was fire | P2 |
| Thy arm and thy bosom 'twas mine to inspire | Q2 |
| Young martyr to glory and Spain | C2 |
| O Heav'n when he fought undismay'd by my side | L |
| Why why was thine aid was thine armour deny'd | L |
| Were justice and vengeance no more | A |
| Yet yet let me hope that the flame of his soul | N2 |
| Will burn in his countrymen scorning control | N2 |
| The foes of mankind and religion consume | K2 |
| The dark'ning horizon of Europe illume | K2 |
| And the days of her triumph restore | A |
| Ye realms and ye nations your legions unite | L |
| Oh righteous and hallow'd your war | A |
| Unfurl the red standard fair Hope is your light | L |
| And this be your watch word in danger and fight | L |
| 'O Liberty thou art our star ' | - |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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