Lyon. Battle Of Springfield, Missouri Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDE FGGDE HIIEE JKKEE LMMDE NOOEE PQREE STTDE UIIDE VWWXE YZZEE A2B2B2XE C2IIEE| August | A |
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| Some hearts there are of deeper sort | B |
| Prophetic sad | C |
| Which yet for cause are trebly clad | C |
| Known death they fly on | D |
| This wizard heart and heart of oak had Lyon | E |
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| They are more than twenty thousand strong | F |
| We less than five | G |
| Too few with such a host to strive | G |
| Such counsel fie on | D |
| 'Tis battle or 'tis shame and firm stood Lyon | E |
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| For help at need in van we wait | H |
| Retreat or fight | I |
| Retreat the foe would take for flight | I |
| And each proud scion | E |
| Feel more elate the end must come said Lyon | E |
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| By candlelight he wrote the will | J |
| And left his all | K |
| To Her for whom 'twas not enough to fall | K |
| Loud neighed Orion | E |
| Without the tent drums beat we marched with Lyon | E |
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| The night tramp done we spied the Vale | L |
| With guard fires lit | M |
| Day broke but trooping clouds made gloom of it | M |
| A field to die on | D |
| Presaged in his unfaltering heart brave Lyon | E |
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| We fought on the grass we bled in the corn | N |
| Fate seemed malign | O |
| His horse the Leader led along the line | O |
| Star browed Orion | E |
| Bitterly fearless he rallied us there brave Lyon | E |
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| There came a sound like the slitting of air | P |
| By a swift sharp sword | Q |
| A rush of the sound and the sleek chest broad | R |
| Of black Orion | E |
| Heaved and was fixed the dead mane waved toward Lyon | E |
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| General you're hurt this sleet of balls | S |
| He seemed half spent | T |
| With moody and bloody brow he lowly bent | T |
| The field to die on | D |
| But not not yet the day is long breathed Lyon | E |
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| For a time becharmed there fell a lull | U |
| In the heart of the fight | I |
| The tree tops nod the slain sleep light | I |
| Warm noon winds sigh on | D |
| And thoughts which he never spake had Lyon | E |
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| Texans and Indians trim for a charge | V |
| Stand ready men | W |
| Let them come close right up and then | W |
| After the lead the iron | X |
| Fire and charge back So strength returned to Lyon | E |
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| The Iowa men who held the van | Y |
| Half drilled were new | Z |
| To battle Some one lead us then we'll do | Z |
| Said Corporal Tryon | E |
| Men I will lead and a light glared in Lyon | E |
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| On they came they yelped and fired | A2 |
| His spirit sped | B2 |
| We leveled right in and the half breeds fled | B2 |
| Nor stayed the iron | X |
| Nor captured the crimson corse of Lyon | E |
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| This seer foresaw his soldier doom | C2 |
| Yet willed the fight | I |
| He never turned his only flight | I |
| Was up to Zion | E |
| Where prophets now and armies greet brave Lyon | E |
Herman Melville
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