Victor Galbraith. (birds Of Passage. Flight The First) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABAACD EEBFEC GABG CB EEBEEBB HIBH BB JJBJJB AABAAB

Under the walls of MontereyA
At daybreak the bugles began to playA
Victor GalbraithB
In the mist of the morning damp and grayA
These were the words they seemed to sayA
'Come forth to thy deathC
Victor Galbraith 'D
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Forth he came with a martial treadE
Firm was his step erect his headE
Victor GalbraithB
He who so well the bugle playedF
Could not mistake the words it saidE
'Come forth to thy deathC
Victor Galbraith '-
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He looked at the earth he looked at the skyG
He looked at the files of musketryA
Victor GalbraithB
And he said with a steady voice and eyeG
'Take good aim I am ready to die '-
Thus challenges deathC
Victor GalbraithB
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Twelve fiery tongues flashed straight and redE
Six leaden balls on their errand spedE
Victor GalbraithB
Falls to the ground but he is not deadE
His name was not stamped on those balls of leadE
And they only scathB
Victor GalbraithB
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Three balls are in his breast and brainH
But he rises out of the dust againI
Victor GalbraithB
The water he drinks has a bloody stainH
'O kill me and put me out of my pain '-
In his agony prayethB
Victor GalbraithB
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Forth dart once more those tongues of flameJ
And the bugler has died a death of shameJ
Victor GalbraithB
His soul has gone back to whence it cameJ
And no one answers to the nameJ
When the Sergeant saithB
'Victor Galbraith '-
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Under the walls of MontereyA
By night a bugle is heard to playA
Victor GalbraithB
Through the mist of the valley damp and grayA
The sentinels hear the sound and sayA
'That is the wraithB
Of Victor Galbraith '-

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



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