Crossing The Grand Sierras Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEEFFGGHG IIIJHHHJ KLMLNGOGHG ABBPPEEOOGGHG HHHGHHHG| All aboard all aboard | A |
| The hissing breath of the iron steed | B |
| Proclaims his wish to be quickly freed | B |
| And soon as the stroke from the bell we hear | C |
| He springs at the touch of his engineer | D |
| And a way we glide | E |
| O'er prairies wide | E |
| Through verdant vales | F |
| And mountain dales | F |
| To the last great chain | G |
| Which has striv'n in vain | G |
| With the Lightning the Lightning | H |
| the Lightning Palace Train | G |
| - | |
| Forgetting far Atlantic | I |
| And midway scenes romantic | I |
| We scale the peaks gigantic | I |
| Which guard the Land of Gold | J |
| Here silver rills are leaping | H |
| Here lovely lakes are sleeping | H |
| And snowclad granites keeping | H |
| Their watch of years untold | J |
| - | |
| We sing a wond'rous story | K |
| No nation sang before | L |
| A Continental Chorus | M |
| That echoes either shore | L |
| We sang it on the summit | N |
| We sing it on the plain | G |
| We've climbed the Grand Sierras | O |
| With the Lightning Palace Train | G |
| With the Lighning the Lighning | H |
| the Lightning Palace Train | G |
| - | |
| All aboard all aboard | A |
| No toil can tire our important steed | B |
| So once again will we test his speed | B |
| How quick is the wish of our hearts obey'd | P |
| He starts at the turn of the downward grade | P |
| And again we glide | E |
| By torent side | E |
| O'er trestl'd deeps | O |
| Through tunel'd steeps | O |
| While the victries wane | G |
| Which they sought to gain | G |
| With the Lightning the Lightning | H |
| the Lightning Palace Train | G |
| - | |
| 'Neath timber'd roofs unending | H |
| From winters snows defending | H |
| Through canyons wild descending | H |
| To the City of the Plain | G |
| We leave the scenes terrific | H |
| We pass the fields prolific | H |
| And view the broad Pacific | H |
| The Golden gated main | G |
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