N. P. Rogers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD CECE AAAA FGFG HIHI AJDJ FAKA HEHE| Rogers will not future story | A |
| Tell thy glorious fame | B |
| And in hues of living glory | A |
| Robe thy spotless name | B |
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| There was more than mortal seeming | C |
| In thy wondrous eye | D |
| Like a silv'ry star ray gleaming | C |
| Through a liquid sky | D |
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| Of that angel spirit telling | C |
| Noble clear and bright | E |
| In thy 'inner temple' dwelling | C |
| Veiled from mortal sight | E |
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| Of that spirit meek and lowly | A |
| Yet so bold and free | A |
| In its all absorbing holy | A |
| Love of Liberty | A |
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| Thou didst leave us gentle brother | F |
| In thy manhood's pride | G |
| And we vainly seek another | F |
| Heart so true and tried | G |
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| Thou art dwelling with the angels | H |
| In the spirit land | I |
| Chanting low and sweet evangels | H |
| 'Mid a seraph band | I |
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| But when Freedom's champions rally | A |
| 'Gainst the despot's sway | J |
| Then they mourn the friend and ally | D |
| That has passed away | J |
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| And when Liberty's bright banner | F |
| Waves o'er land and sea | A |
| And is heard the loud hosanna | K |
| Of the ransomed free | A |
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| On its silken folds in letters | H |
| Traced with diamond bright | E |
| Shall thy name the foe of fetters | H |
| Blaze in hues of light | E |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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