Hymn In The Time Of War And Tumults Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIJI KGKG LGLG DEDE| O Lord Almighty Thou whose hands | A |
| Despair and victory give | B |
| In whom though tyrants tread their lands | A |
| The souls of nations live | C |
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| Thou wilt not turn Thy face away | D |
| From those who work Thy will | E |
| But send Thy peace on hearts that pray | D |
| And guard Thy people still | E |
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| Remember not the days of shame | F |
| The hands with rapine dyed | G |
| The wavering will the baser aim | F |
| The brute material pride | G |
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| Remember Lord the years of faith | H |
| The spirits humbly brave | I |
| The strength that died defying death | J |
| The love that loved the slave | I |
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| The race that strove to rule Thine earth | K |
| With equal laws unbought | G |
| Who bore for Truth the pangs of birth | K |
| And brake the bonds of Thought | G |
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| Remember how since time began | L |
| Thy dark eternal mind | G |
| Through lives of men that fear not man | L |
| ls light for all mankind | G |
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| Thou wilt not turn Thy face away | D |
| From those who work Thy will | E |
| But send Thy strength on hearts that pray | D |
| For strength to serve Thee still | E |
Henry Newbolt
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