Lament For Israel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDCCD EFEGF HIHHI| Where is thy home in thy promised land | A |
| Desolate and forsaken | B |
| The stranger's arm hath seized thy brand | A |
| Thou art bowed beneath the stranger's hand | A |
| And the stranger thy birthright hath taken | B |
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| Where is the mark of thy chosen race | C |
| Infamous and degraded | D |
| It hath fallen on thee on thy dwelling place | C |
| And that heaven stamped sign to a foul disgrace | C |
| And the scoff of the world has faded | D |
| - | |
| First born of nations upon thy brow | E |
| Resistless and revenging | F |
| The fiery finger of God hath now | E |
| Written the sentence of thy wo | G |
| The innocent blood avenging | F |
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| Lion of Judah thy glory is past | H |
| Vanished and fled for ever | I |
| Homeless and scattered thy race is cast | H |
| Like chaff in the breath of the sweeping blast | H |
| To rally or rise again never | I |
Frances Anne Kemble (fanny)
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