Victor Galbraith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABAACB DDBEDCB FABFFCB DDBDDBB GHBGGBB IIBIIBB AABAABB| Under the walls of Monterey | A |
| At daybreak the bugles began to play | A |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
| In the mist of the morning damp and gray | A |
| These were the words they seemed to say | A |
| Come forth to thy death | C |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
| - | |
| Forth he came with a martial tread | D |
| Firm was his step erect his head | D |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
| He who so well the bugle played | E |
| Could not mistake the words it said | D |
| Come forth to thy death | C |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
| - | |
| He looked at the earth he looked at the sky | F |
| He looked at the files of musketry | A |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
| And he said with a steady voice and eye | F |
| Take good aim I am ready to die | F |
| Thus challenges death | C |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
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| Twelve fiery tongues flashed straight and red | D |
| Six leaden balls on their errand sped | D |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
| Falls to the ground but he is not dead | D |
| His name was not stamped on those balls of lead | D |
| And they only scath | B |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
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| Three balls are in his breast and brain | G |
| But he rises out of the dust again | H |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
| The water he drinks has a bloody stain | G |
| O kill me and put me out of my pain | G |
| In his agony prayeth | B |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
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| Forth dart once more those tongues of flame | I |
| And the bugler has died a death of shame | I |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
| His soul has gone back to whence it came | I |
| And no one answers to the name | I |
| When the Sergeant saith | B |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
| - | |
| Under the walls of Monterey | A |
| By night a bugle is heard to play | A |
| Victor Galbraith | B |
| Through the mist of the valley damp and gray | A |
| The sentinels hear the sound and say | A |
| That is the wraith | B |
| Of Victor Galbraith | B |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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