Miscellanies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A ABCDEA F GAAHIJKALJAMAA F NOPAQAAARSOTUAVWXAYD Z A2 B2XAA F C2AFAWAAA F A F SASA F TTUU F AAAA C AD2AD2 F FAFFA F T A E2AE2AF2F2AAAA F AFCFFA F FG2H2AFI2FF2A

CANTATAA
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This is Denmark's holydayA
Dance ye maidensB
Sing ye menC
Tune ye harpersD
Blush ye heroesE
This is Denmark's holydayA
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ONE VOICEF
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In right's enjoyment in the arm of loveG
Beneath the olive's shadowA
The Daneman satA
Whilst wet and steaming wav'd the bloody flagH
Above the regions of the sunny SouthI
Pure was our heavenJ
Pure and blueK
For with his pinions angel Peace dispell'dA
All reek and vapour from mild virtue's sphereL
Then lower'd Battle's blood bespatter'd sonJ
Upon our coastA
And haggard Envy lent to him her torchM
Which sparkled high with hell's sulphureous lightA
Then fled the genius of peace and weptA
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A SECOND VOICEF
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But mighty thunders peal'd the earth it shookN
While rattled all the moss grown giant stonesO
And Oldom's sunken grave hill rais'd itselfP
Then started Skiold and FrodeA
And Svend and Knud and WaldemarQ
In copper hauberks up and pointing toA
Rust spots of blood on faulchion and on shieldA
They vanish'dA
And in the Gothic aisles high arch'd and dimR
Wild flutter'd of itself the ancient bannerS
Which hung above a hero's bonesO
The faulchion clatter'd loud and ceaselesslyT
Within the tomb of Christian the FourthU
By Tordenskiold's chapel on the strandA
Wild rose the daring Mermaid's witching songV
The stones were loosen'd round about the graveW
Where lay great JuulX
And Hvidtfeld clad in a transparent mistA
With smiles cherubic beaming on his faceY
Stray'd arm in arm with his heroic brothersD
Along the deepZ
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CHORUSA2
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We felt the presence of one and allB2
The old flags wav'd in the arsenalX
A wondrous spirit went round went roundA
The Northern groundA
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ONE VOICEF
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Then waken'd ThorC2
And drew around his loins the mighty beltA
Of bear sinewsF
With love fraternal harden'd he his shieldA
With eager haste he sharp'd his blunted glaiveW
And with the iron of his hammer touch'dA
Each Dane's and every Norman's breastA
Shot his heroic flame therein and smil'dA
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MANY VOICESF
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And Denmark and Norway smil'dA
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LOUD CHORUSF
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Upon the waterS
Upon the landA
We boun'd for slaughterS
At Thor's commandA
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MAIDENSF
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Then fell our tears so quicklyT
We breath'd we breath'd so thicklyT
While scarce our lips could stammer forthU
Prayers for you and for the NorthU
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MATRONSF
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And we and we with breasts that smartedA
Knelt lowly knelt whilst firm ye stoodA
From us and from affection partedA
In reek and smoke in brothers' bloodA
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CHORUS OF MENC
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Tenderness comes from GodA
Woman and man in its praise should singD2
But tenderness flies at honour's nodA
We offer all up to our land and KingD2
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ONE VOICEF
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What sang ye warlike throngsF
Repeat repeat this dayA
One of the simple nervous songsF
Ye murmur'd out when hot with wrongsF
Ye waited the coming frayA
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UNIVERSAL CHORUSF
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We love we all love thee beneficent Peace cT
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SOLOA
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Like the wave of the wild North mainE2
Foaming and frothing came on our foeA
Proud of his triumphs proud of his trainE2
He thought to lay us lowA
But from Denmark's lines of oakF2
A horrible horrible volley outbrokeF2
Then tumbled his mastA
His courage fell fastA
And the wave which resembled his furious moodA
Was now with his blood embruedA
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CHORUSF
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This is Denmark's holydayA
Dance ye maidensF
Sing ye menC
Tune ye harpersF
Blush ye heroesF
This is Denmark's holydayA
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A VOICEF
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But hark what sobbing and what mournful notesF
Are mixing with our hymns of ardent joyG2
Hush hush be stillH2
A band of white rob'd maids approaches slowA
With lily chaplets round their yellow locksF
With heavy tear drops in their sunken eyeI2
Broken and trembling soundsF
The melancholy songF2
Accompanied by harp tones rising mildA

George Borrow



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