Dirge. (brisbane.) "a Little Soldier Of The Army Of The Night." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG FHFH FBFB| Bury him without a word | A |
| No appeal to death | B |
| Only the call of the bird | A |
| And the blind spring's breath | B |
| - | |
| Nature slays ten yet the one | C |
| Reaches but to a part | D |
| Of what's to be done to be sung | E |
| Keep we a proud heart | D |
| - | |
| Let us not glose her waste | F |
| With lies and dreams | G |
| Fawn on her wanton haste | F |
| Say it but seems | G |
| - | |
| Comrades with faces unstirred | F |
| Scorning grief's dole | H |
| Though with him with him lies interred | F |
| Our heart and soul | H |
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| Bury him without a word | F |
| No appeal to death | B |
| Only the call of the bird | F |
| And the blind spring's breath | B |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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