The Name Of Washington Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDB EFGFDDB HAHADDB FIFIDDB| Read before the Sons of the Revolution New York February | A |
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| Sons of the youth and the truth of the nation | B |
| Ye that are met to remember the man | C |
| Whose valor gave birth to a people's salvation | B |
| Honor him now set his name in the van | C |
| A nobleness to try for | D |
| A name to live and die for | D |
| The name of Washington | B |
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| Calmly his face shall look down through the ages | E |
| Sweet yet severe with a spirit of warning | F |
| Charged with the wisdom of saints and of sages | G |
| Quick with the light of a life giving morning | F |
| A majesty to try for | D |
| A name to live and die for | D |
| The name of Washington | B |
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| Though faction may rack us or party divide us | H |
| And bitterness break the gold links of our story | A |
| Our father and leader is ever beside us | H |
| Live and forgive But forget not the glory | A |
| Of him whose height we try for | D |
| A name to live and die for | D |
| The name of Washington | B |
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| Still in his eyes shall be mirrored our fleeting | F |
| Days with the image of days long ended | I |
| Still shall those eyes give immortally greeting | F |
| Unto the souls from his spirit descended | I |
| His grandeur we will try for | D |
| His name we 'll live and die for | D |
| The name of Washington | B |
George Parsons Lathrop
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