Stand Fast! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDDEE BFFGGHHEE BIIJJKKEE| Stand fast Great Britain | A |
| Together England Scotland Ireland stand | B |
| One in the faith that makes a mighty land | B |
| True to the bond you gave and will not break | C |
| And fearless in the fight for conscience' sake | C |
| Against the Giant Robber clad in steel | D |
| With blood of trampled Belgium on his heel | D |
| Striding through France to strike you down at last | E |
| Britain stand fast | E |
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| Stand fast brave land | B |
| The Huns are thundering toward the citadel | F |
| They prate of Culture but their path is Hell | F |
| Their light is darkness and the bloody sword | G |
| They wield and worship is their only Lord | G |
| O land where reason stands secure on right | H |
| O land where freedom is the source of light | H |
| Against the mailed Barbarians' deadly blast | E |
| Britain stand fast | E |
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| Stand fast dear land | B |
| Thou island mother of a world wide race | I |
| Whose children speak thy tongue and love thy face | I |
| Their hearts and hopes are with thee in the strife | J |
| Their hands will break the sword that seeks thy life | J |
| Fight on until the Teuton madness cease | K |
| Fight bravely on until the word of peace | K |
| Is spoken in the English tongue at last | E |
| Britain stand fast | E |
Henry Van Dyke
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