The Cadets At New Market.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDB AEAEFGFHIIJJ| Their sleep is made glorious | A |
| And dead they're victorious | A |
| Over defeat | B |
| Never Lethean billows | C |
| Shall roll o'er their pillows | C |
| Red with the feet | B |
| Of Mars from the wine press | D |
| So bitterly sweet | B |
| - | |
| Sleeping but glorious | A |
| Dead in Fame's portal | E |
| Dead but victorious | A |
| Dead but immortal | E |
| They gave us great glory | F |
| What more could they give | G |
| They have left us a story | F |
| A story to live | H |
| And blaze on the brows of the State like a crown | I |
| While from these grand mountains the rivers run down | I |
| While grass grows in graveyards or the Ocean's deep calls | J |
| Their deeds and their glory shall fresco these walls | J |
James Barron Hope
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