Crossing The Grand Sierras Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEEFFGGHG IIIJHHHJ KLMLNGOGHG ABBPPEEOOGGHG HHHGHHHG

All aboard all aboardA
The hissing breath of the iron steedB
Proclaims his wish to be quickly freedB
And soon as the stroke from the bell we hearC
He springs at the touch of his engineerD
And a way we glideE
O'er prairies wideE
Through verdant valesF
And mountain dalesF
To the last great chainG
Which has striv'n in vainG
With the Lightning the LightningH
the Lightning Palace TrainG
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Forgetting far AtlanticI
And midway scenes romanticI
We scale the peaks giganticI
Which guard the Land of GoldJ
Here silver rills are leapingH
Here lovely lakes are sleepingH
And snowclad granites keepingH
Their watch of years untoldJ
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We sing a wond'rous storyK
No nation sang beforeL
A Continental ChorusM
That echoes either shoreL
We sang it on the summitN
We sing it on the plainG
We've climbed the Grand SierrasO
With the Lightning Palace TrainG
With the Lighning the LighningH
the Lightning Palace TrainG
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All aboard all aboardA
No toil can tire our important steedB
So once again will we test his speedB
How quick is the wish of our hearts obey'dP
He starts at the turn of the downward gradeP
And again we glideE
By torent sideE
O'er trestl'd deepsO
Through tunel'd steepsO
While the victries waneG
Which they sought to gainG
With the Lightning the LightningH
the Lightning Palace TrainG
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'Neath timber'd roofs unendingH
From winters snows defendingH
Through canyons wild descendingH
To the City of the PlainG
We leave the scenes terrificH
We pass the fields prolificH
And view the broad PacificH
The Golden gated mainG

Henry Clay Work



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