Crossing The Grand Sierras Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEEFFGGHG IIIJHHHJ KLMLNGOGHG ABBPPEEOOGGHG HHHGHHHGAll 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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'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 |
Henry Clay Work
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