Lofty Actors Withdraw Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH| As one by one the lofty actors of the age | A |
| Withdraw from changing play on history's page | A |
| The act of war and peace of old and new contending | B |
| For it is long 'ere there's harmonious blending | B |
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| And many a noble actor brave and bold | C |
| Hath perished in the fight between the new and old | C |
| The victor and the vanquished Lincoln and Lee | D |
| The former he four million slaves set free | D |
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| The latter General fought with bravery and science | E |
| The first he on the Lord placed strong reliance | E |
| And in the justice of his cause he bade the North | F |
| As grand emancipators they should issue forth | F |
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| And o'er great North the conquering name of Grant | G |
| His mighty deeds of valour they 'ere more will chant | G |
| And now doth pass from stage this last named actor | H |
| In crushing Southern slavery potent factor | H |
James Mcintyre
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