Urbs Coronata Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCAC EFGFHF IJKJLJ MNONOON| Song for the City College of New York | A |
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| O youngest of the giant brood | B |
| Of cities far renowned | C |
| In wealth and power thou hast passed | D |
| Thy rivals at a bound | C |
| And now thou art a queen New York | A |
| And how wilt thou be crowned | C |
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| Weave me no palace wreath of pride | E |
| The royal city said | F |
| Nor forge an iron fortress wall | G |
| To frown upon my head | F |
| But let me wear a diadem | H |
| Of Wisdom's towers instead | F |
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| And so upon her island height | I |
| She worked her will forsooth | J |
| She set upon her rocky brow | K |
| A citadel of Truth | J |
| A house of Light a home of Thought | L |
| A shrine of noble Youth | J |
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| Stand here ye City College towers | M |
| And look both up and down | N |
| Remember all who wrought for you | O |
| Within the toiling town | N |
| Remember all they thought for you | O |
| And all the hopes they brought for you | O |
| And be the City's Crown | N |
Henry Van Dyke
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