The Olive Of Peace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDE FFGGCD CCHHCD IIJJCD KKLLCD MMNNCCDD| Now sheath'd is the Sword that was wild as the blast | A |
| The Tempest of Slaughter and Terror is past | A |
| Old ALBION her Neighbour all smilingly hails | B |
| For the OLIVE of PEACE blooms again in our Vales | B |
| Beam on the day | C |
| Thou Olive gay | C |
| 'Matchless is he | D |
| Who planted thee | D |
| And mayst thou like him immortal be ' | E |
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| Divinest of Olives O never was seen | F |
| A bloom so enchanting a verdure so green | F |
| Sweet sweet do thy Beauties entwiningly smile | G |
| In the Vine tree of France and the Oak of our Isle | G |
| Beam on the day | C |
| Thou Olive gay c | D |
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| Long long did thy envied Exotic delay | C |
| 'Till the voice of HUMANITY charm'd thee away | C |
| And here ever here mayst thou bloom in repose | H |
| As firm as our Oak tree and gay as the Rose | H |
| Bloom on the day | C |
| Thou Olive gay c | D |
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| Let ALCIDES his Poplar of Majesty prize | I |
| And VENUS her Myrtle exalt to the skies | I |
| FRANCE and ALBION excell all the Gods of old Greece | J |
| For they crown their wise heads with the OLIVE of PEACE | J |
| Bloom on the day | C |
| Thou Olive gay c | D |
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| The delicate Lily may gracefully mount | K |
| And the Pink all her charms with the Rainbow recount | K |
| Green green is the Olive on ALBION'S brow | L |
| And the Lily and Pink to the Olive must bow | L |
| Bloom on the day | C |
| Thou Olive gay c | D |
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| Thou Olive divine may Eternity's Sun | M |
| Beam warm where thy roots thro' the ages shall run | M |
| The Dew of Affection 'light soft where they twine | N |
| And the Love of an Universe stamp thee divine | N |
| Bloom on the day | C |
| Thou Olive gay | C |
| 'Matchless was he | D |
| Who planted thee | D |
| And mayst thou like him immortal be ' | - |
James Henry Leigh Hunt
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