War And Peace-a Poem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGG HFIIGGJJKKFFDDLLMNFF OOPPFFQQDDFF RRSSQQ T U V WWXXY ZZFF A2A2 B2B2FFC2C2 XXD2D2YYMNFFE2E2 F2F2YYYY C2C2G2G2 DDFFYYYY H2XLLI2J2 B2FFVVK2K2 L2LRRFF YYXXYYB2B2M2M2N2N2XX HHO2O2OO P2P2 Q2Q2G2G2XXMM B2B2FFFFFF C2C2JJ YYJJYYR2R2YF| THOU bright Futurity whose prospect beams | A |
| In dawning radiance on our day light dreams | A |
| Whose lambent meteors and ethereal forms | B |
| Gild the dark clouds and glitter thro' the storms | B |
| On thy broad canvas fancy loves to trace | C |
| Her brilliant Iris drest in vivid grace | C |
| Paints fair creations in celestial dyes | D |
| Tints of the morn and blushes of the skies | D |
| And bids her scenes perfection's robe assume | E |
| The mingling flush of light and life and bloom | E |
| Thou bright Futurity whose morning star | F |
| Still beams unveil'd unclouded from afar | F |
| Whose lovely vista smiling Hope surveys | G |
| Thro' the dim twilight of the silvery haze | G |
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| Oh let the muse expand her wing on high | H |
| Thy shadowy realms thy worlds unknown descry | F |
| Let her clear eye beam flashing lucid light | I |
| Chase from thy forms th' involving shades of night | I |
| Pierce the dark clouds that veil thy noontide rays | G |
| And soar exulting in meridian blaze | G |
| In bliss in grief thy radiant scenes bestow | J |
| The zest of rapture or the balm of woe | J |
| For as the sun flower to her idol turns | K |
| Glows in his noon and kindles as he burns | K |
| Expands her bosom to th' exalting fire | F |
| Lives but to gaze and gazes to admire | F |
| E'en so to thee the mind incessant flies | D |
| From thy pure source the fount of joy supplies | D |
| And steals from thee the sunny light that throws | L |
| A brighter blush on pleasure's living rose | L |
| To thee pale sorrow turns her eye of tears | M |
| Lifts the dim curtain of unmeasur'd years | N |
| And hails thy promis'd land th' Elysian shore | F |
| Where weeping virtue shall bewail no more | F |
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| Now while the sounds of martial wrath assail | O |
| While the red banner floats upon the gale | O |
| While dark destruction with his legion bands | P |
| Waves the bright sabre o'er devoted lands | P |
| While war's dread comet flashes thro' the air | F |
| And fainting nations tremble at the glare | F |
| To thee Futurity from scenes like these | Q |
| Pale fancy turns for heav'n imparted ease | Q |
| Turns to behold in thy unclouded skies | D |
| The orb of peace in bright perspective rise | D |
| And pour around with joy diffusing ray | F |
| Life light and glory in a flood of day | F |
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| Thou whose lov'd presence and benignant smile | R |
| Has beam'd effulgence on this favour'd isle | R |
| Thou the fair seraph in immortal state | S |
| Thron'd on the rainbow heaven's emblazon'd gate | S |
| Thou whose mild whispers in the summer breeze | Q |
| Control the storm and undulate the seas | Q |
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| Spirit of mercy oh return to bring | T |
| Palm in thy wreath and 'healing on thy wing ' | - |
| Compose each passion to th' eternal will | U |
| Say to the hurricane of war 'Be still ' | - |
| 'Vengeance expire thy reign ambition cease | V |
| Beam light of heaven triumphant star of peace ' | - |
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| Is this the muse's wild illusive dream | W |
| An airy picture an ideal theme | W |
| Shall death still ride victorious o'er the slain | X |
| And his 'pale charges' desolate the plain | X |
| Ne'er shall revenge her vulture pinion fold | Y |
| Close her dark eye her lightning arm withhold ' | - |
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| Still must oppression cause th' eternal strife | Z |
| And breathe dire mildew o'er the blooms of life | Z |
| Must war still ravage with his car of fire | F |
| And victim myriads in the blaze expire | F |
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| Supernal Pow'r on suffering earth look down | A2 |
| Tyrannic might shall perish in thy frown | A2 |
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| Oh deign to speed that blest appointed time | B2 |
| When peace and faith shall smile on ev'ry clime | B2 |
| But first in clouds the dark eventful day | F |
| Of wrath avenging wrath must roll away | F |
| Thy sword oh Justice o'er the world must wave | C2 |
| Ere mercy dawn to triumph and to save | C2 |
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| Shades of the prophet bards majestic train | X |
| Who seiz'd the harp from Inspiration's fane | X |
| And fir'd and guided by divine control | D2 |
| Woke ev'ry chord to rapture and to soul | D2 |
| Shades of the prophet bards in days of old | Y |
| Whose gifted hands the leaf of fate unroll'd | Y |
| Whose prescient eyes undimm'd by age or tears | M |
| Explor'd the avenue of distant years | N |
| Did those blest eyes th' enchanted scene survey | F |
| Of smiling concord's universal sway | F |
| And did your hearts with joy exulting burn | E2 |
| To see her Paradise on earth return | E2 |
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| Yes hallow'd seers to you the bliss was given | F2 |
| To read unveil'd the dread decrees of heaven | F2 |
| You saw th' oppressor's might in judgment hurl'd | Y |
| A storm of vengeance on the guilty world | Y |
| Beheld his throne revers'd his empire past | Y |
| And peace and joy descend serene at last | Y |
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| So when impetuous winds forget to rave | C2 |
| And sun set radiance trembles o'er the wave | C2 |
| Sweet Eve advancing o'er the summer deep | G2 |
| Charms every billow ev'ry breeze to sleep | G2 |
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| Dawn age of bliss but e'er thy morn shall rise | D |
| And waft a train of cherubs from the skies | D |
| The foes of man who mark their deathful way | F |
| With tears of blood and earthquakes of dismay | F |
| These these must fall a desolating band | Y |
| Fall by the darts in Retribution's hand | Y |
| And tyrants vanquish'd humbled in the dust | Y |
| Kneel at her shrine and own the sentence just | Y |
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| Then wave oh Albion wave thy sword again | H2 |
| Call thy brave champions to the battle plain | X |
| Rise might of nations ardent to oppose | L |
| The rushing torrent of unpitying foes | L |
| Soon shall they own that freedom's cause inspires | I2 |
| Undaunted spirit and resistless fires | J2 |
| Rise all combin'd 'in arms in heart the same ' | - |
| The arms of honor and the heart of flame | B2 |
| Nor check th' avenging sword the patriot spear | F |
| Till stern Ambition falls in mid career | F |
| Then let the falchion sleep the combat cease | V |
| The sun of conquest light the path of peace | V |
| Let the green laurel with the palm entwine | K2 |
| And rear on trophies bright her firm eternal shrine | K2 |
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| Dawn age of bliss the wounds of discord close | L2 |
| Furl the red standard bid the sword repose | L |
| Then o'er the globe let worshipp'd freedom smile | R |
| Bright as in Albion's truth illumin'd isle | R |
| Her Grecian temple rear on every shore | F |
| Where every knee shall bend and heart adore | F |
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| Queen of the valiant arm the warrior breast | Y |
| Light of the ocean day star of the west | Y |
| Oh Albion Liberty's immortal fane | X |
| Empress of isles palladium of the main | X |
| Tho' thy loud thunders thro' the world resound | Y |
| Tho' thy red lightnings flash victorious round | Y |
| Tho' nations own in many a distant clime | B2 |
| Thy arm triumphant as thy name sublime | B2 |
| Rock of the waves tho' proud from zone to zone | M2 |
| Extend the pillars of thy naval throne | M2 |
| Around thy coast tho' wild destruction roars | N2 |
| Yet calm and fertile smile thy favor'd shores | N2 |
| In emerald verdure blooms thy sunny plain | X |
| And the dark war blast rolls without in vain | X |
| Tho' flames of valor kindling in thine eye | H |
| Brave every storm and every foe defy | H |
| Yet soft beneath its milder beam serene | O2 |
| Luxuriance blossoms o'er the glowing scene | O2 |
| Fair laugh thy vales no deathful sounds assail | O |
| Mirth warbles free and music swells the gale | O |
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| While firm in might thy victor arm extends | P2 |
| Death to thy foes and succour to thy friends | P2 |
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| Thus potent Prospero's creative spell | Q2 |
| Bade the wild surge in mountain fury swell | Q2 |
| Call'd up the spirits of the raging deep | G2 |
| Arous'd the whirlwind o'er the waves to sweep | G2 |
| But on th' enchanted isle his fair domain | X |
| Rais'd the bright vision of the sylphid train | X |
| And bade soft notes and fairy warbled airs | M |
| Melt o'er the sense and lull corroding cares | M |
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| Yet Queen of Isles tho' peace with angel form | B2 |
| Smile on thy cliffs regardless of the storm | B2 |
| Favor'd of heaven e'en thou tho' distant far | F |
| Hast wept the horrors of relentless war | F |
| E'en thou hast mourn'd o'er many a hero's bier | F |
| Grac'd with thy laurels hallow'd with thy tear | F |
| For those whose arms whose blood preserv'd thee free | F |
| Who would not bleed O peerless isle for thee | F |
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| For those who falling on their subject wave | C2 |
| Made the dark billow glory's proudest grave | C2 |
| How oft has anguish taught thy tears to flow | J |
| Thy sighs despondence and thine accents woe | J |
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| Yes thou hast mourn'd the brave illustrious dead | Y |
| Martyrs for thee by faith and valor led | Y |
| When he the warrior of the patriot glow | J |
| Whose ebbing life blood stain'd Canadian snow | J |
| When thy own Wolfe by all thy spirit fir'd | Y |
| Triumphant fought exulted and expir'd | Y |
| Gave to thy fame the last the lingering breath | R2 |
| The joy in agony the smile in death | R2 |
| How swell'd thy heart with blended feeling's tide | Y |
| How sorrow paled the kindling cheek of p | F |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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