These Lines Are Inscribed To The Memory Of John Q. Carlin, Killed At Buena Vista Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDEE FGFGHICC BJBJKKGG LMLMNNOP QRQRSSBB CJCJKKGG| Warrior of the youthful brow | A |
| Eager heart and eagle eye | B |
| Pants thy soul for battle now | A |
| Burns thy glance with victory | C |
| Dost thou dream of conflicts done | D |
| Perils past and trophies won | D |
| And a nation's grateful praise | E |
| Given to thine after days | E |
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| Bloodless is thy cheek and cold | F |
| As the clay upon it prest | G |
| And in many a slimy fold | F |
| Winds the grave worm round thy breast | G |
| Thou wilt join the fight no more | H |
| Glory's dream with thee is o'er | I |
| And alike are now to thee | C |
| Greatness and obscurity | C |
| - | |
| But an ever sunny sky | B |
| O'er thy place of rest is bending | J |
| And above thy grave and nigh | B |
| Flowers ever bright are blending | J |
| O'er thy dreamless calm repose | K |
| Balmily the south wind blows | K |
| With the green turf on thy breast | G |
| Rest thee youthful warrior rest | G |
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| When the alarum first was sounded | L |
| Marshalling in arms the brave | M |
| Forth thy fearless spirit bounded | L |
| To obtain thee what A grave | M |
| Fame had whispered in thine ear | N |
| Words the high souled love to hear | N |
| But the ruthless hand of death | O |
| From thee snatched the hero's wreath | P |
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| Often will the grief shade start | Q |
| O'er thy sister's mood of joy | R |
| Vainly will thy mother's heart | Q |
| Yearn to greet her absent boy | R |
| Never sister's lip shall press | S |
| On thine own its fond caress | S |
| Never more a mother's eye | B |
| Flash in pride when thou art by | B |
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| Where the orange bending lowly | C |
| With its golden fruit is swaying | J |
| And the Indian maiden slowly | C |
| By her native stream is straying | J |
| O'er thy dreamless calm repose | K |
| Balmily the South wind blows | K |
| With the green turf on thy breast | G |
| Rest thee youthful warrior rest | G |
George W. Sands
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