General Grant -- The Hero Of The War Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEE DDFFGGCC HHDDIIJJ KKLLMMNO PPQQRRSS| Brave Grant thou hero of the war | A |
| Thou art the emblem of the morning star | B |
| Transpiring from the East to banish fear | C |
| Revolving o'er a servile Hemisphere | C |
| At large thou hast sustained the chief command | D |
| And at whose order all must rise and stand | D |
| To hold position in the field is thine | E |
| To sink in darkness or to rise and shine | E |
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| Thou art the leader of the Fed'ral band | D |
| To send them at thy pleasure through the land | D |
| Whose martial soldiers never did recoil | F |
| Nor fail in any place to take the spoil | F |
| Thus organized was all the army firm | G |
| And led unwavering to their lawful term | G |
| Never repulsed or made to shrink with fear | C |
| Advancing in their cause so truly dear | C |
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| The love of Union burned in every heart | H |
| Which led them true and faithful from the start | H |
| Whether upon water or on land | D |
| They all obeyed their marshall's strict command | D |
| By him the regiments were all surveyed | I |
| His trumpet voice was by the whole obeyed | I |
| His order right was every line to form | J |
| And all be well prepared to front the storm | J |
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| Ye Southern gentlemen must grant him praise | K |
| Nor on the flag of Union fail to gaze | K |
| Ye ladies of the South forego the prize | L |
| Our chief commander here to recognize | L |
| From him the stream of general orders flow | M |
| And every chief on him some praise bestow | M |
| The well known victor of the mighty cause | N |
| Demands from every voice a loud applause | O |
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| What more has great Napoleon ever done | P |
| Though many battles in his course he won | P |
| What more has Alexander e'er achieved | Q |
| Who left depopulated cities grieved | Q |
| To him we dedicate the whole in song | R |
| The verses from our pen to him belong | R |
| To him the Union banners are unfurled | S |
| The star of peace the standard of the world | S |
George Moses Horton
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