John Dunmore Lang Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCACADEDEFGFG FHFIJKJK LMLMLALA| The song that is last of the many | A |
| Whose music is full of thy name | B |
| Is weaker O father than any | A |
| Is fainter than flickering flame | B |
| But far in the folds of the mountains | C |
| Whose bases are hoary with sea | A |
| By lone immemorial fountains | C |
| This singer is mourning for thee | A |
| Because thou wert chief and a giant | D |
| With those who fought on for the right | E |
| A hero determined defiant | D |
| As flame was the sleep of thy might | E |
| Like Stephen in days that are olden | F |
| Thy lot with a rabble was cast | G |
| But seasons came on that were golden | F |
| And Peace was thy mother at last | G |
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| I knew of thy fierce tribulation | F |
| Thou wert ever the same in my thought | H |
| The father and friend of a nation | F |
| Through good and through evil report | I |
| At Ephesus fighting in fetters | J |
| Paul drove the wild beasts to their pen | K |
| So thou with the lash of thy letters | J |
| Whipped infamy back to its den | K |
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| The noise of thy battle is over | L |
| Thy sword is hung up in its sheath | M |
| Thy grave has been decked by its lover | L |
| With beauty of willowy wreath | M |
| The winds sing about thee for ever | L |
| The voices of hill and of sea | A |
| But the cry of the conflict will never | L |
| Bring sorrow again unto thee | A |
Henry Kendall
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