Sleeping For The Flag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAC DEAE AFAFACAC AGAGACAC| When our boys come home in triumph brother | A |
| With the laurels they shall gain | B |
| When we go to give them welcome brother | A |
| We shall look for you in vain | B |
| We shall wait for your returning brother | A |
| Though we know it cannot be | C |
| For your comrades left you sleeping brother | A |
| Underneath a southern tree | C |
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| Sleeping to waken | D |
| In this weary world no more | E |
| Sleeping for your true lov'd country brother | A |
| Sleeping for the flag you bore | E |
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| You were the first on duty brother | A |
| When to arms your leader cried | F |
| You have left the ranks forever brother | A |
| You have laid your armies aside | F |
| From the awful scenes of battle brother | A |
| You were set forever free | C |
| When your comrades left you sleeping brother | A |
| Underneath that southern tree | C |
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| You have cross'd the clouded river brother | A |
| To the mansions of the best | G |
| When the wicked cease from troubling brother | A |
| And the weary are at rest | G |
| Surely we would not recall you brother | A |
| But the tears flow fast and free | C |
| When we think of you sleeping brother | A |
| Underneath a southern tree | C |
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