Arms And The Man. - The South In The Union Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFEFD GGHIHIJDJDKBBK LLKKMMAAHNONHN| An ancient Chronicle has told | A |
| That in the famous days of old | A |
| In Antioch under ground | B |
| The self same lance was found | B |
| Unbitten by corrosive rust | C |
| The lance the Roman soldier thrust | C |
| In CHRIST'S bare side upon the Tree | D |
| And that it brought | E |
| A mighty spell | F |
| To those who fought | E |
| The Infidel | F |
| And mighty victory | D |
| - | |
| And so this day | G |
| To you I say | G |
| Speaking for millions of true Southern men | H |
| In words that have no undertow | I |
| I say and say agen | H |
| Come weal or woe | I |
| Should this Republic ever fight | J |
| By land or sea | D |
| For present law or ancient right | J |
| The South will be | D |
| As was that lance | K |
| Albeit not found | B |
| Hid under ground | B |
| But in the forefront of the first advance | K |
| - | |
| 'Twill fly a pennon fair | L |
| As ever kissed the air | L |
| On it for every glance | K |
| Shall blaze majestic France | K |
| Blent with our Hero's name | M |
| In everlasting flame | M |
| And written fair in gold | A |
| This legend on its fold | A |
| Give us back the ties of Yorktown | H |
| Perish all the modern hates | N |
| Let us stand together brothers | O |
| In defiance of the Fates | N |
| FOR THE SAFETY OF THE UNION | H |
| IS THE SAFETY OF THE STATES | N |
James Barron Hope
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