Three Names Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDC EFFEGGHH| Virginia in her proud Colonial days | A |
| Boasts three great names which full of glory shine | B |
| Two glitter like the burnished heads of spears | C |
| the third in tender light is half divine | B |
| Turning that page my eager fancy hears | D |
| Trumpets and drums and fleet on fleet appears | C |
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| Those names are graven deep and broad to last | E |
| And outlast Ages while recording Time | F |
| Hands down their story worth an Epic Rhyme | F |
| To light her future by her splendid past | E |
| One planned the Saxon's Empire o'er these lands | G |
| The other planted it with valiant hands | G |
| The third with Mercy's soft celestial beams | H |
| Lights fair romances histories and dreams | H |
James Barron Hope
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