Reminiscences Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGEE HHDD IIJK LLHH MMJJ DDNN KJDD OOLL K PP MPQFFRP| On the laying of the corner stone of the Brock Monument at | A |
| Queenston Heights and the final interment of the General | B |
| who had fallen at the battle of Queenston Oct th | C |
| The remains of his Aid Col McDonald we also depos | D |
| ited under the new tower | E |
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| A wail went o'er broad Canada | F |
| When it was known a vile outlaw | G |
| Had at midnight's awful hour | E |
| With ruffian hand blown up the tower | E |
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| 'Neath which had slept the gallant Brock | H |
| Who bravely fell on Queenston's rock | H |
| But graceful column soon shall rise | D |
| Its beauteous shaft will kiss the skies | D |
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| For from Queenston's woody height | I |
| You may behold a pleasing sight | I |
| The grim old veterans of the war | J |
| Militiamen with many a scar | K |
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| Indian braves from each nation | L |
| Group'd to pay the last ovation | L |
| 'Round the remains of General Brock | H |
| Who led them oft in battle's shock | H |
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| Old heroes now again do rally | M |
| Feebly they move along the valley | M |
| Not as they rushed in days of yore | J |
| When torrent like they onward bore | J |
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| And swept away the foeman's ranks | D |
| O'er Niagara's rugged banks | D |
| So indignant was their grief | N |
| On losing of their warrior chief | N |
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| Now with triumphal funeral car | K |
| Adorned with implements of war | J |
| The sad procession slow ascends | D |
| As round the hill its way it wends | D |
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| Marching to mournful solemn note | O |
| While brave old flags around it float | O |
| And now may peace be never broken | L |
| 'Mong lands where saxon tongue is spoken | L |
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| 'For peace hath victories by far | K |
| More glorious than horrid war ' | - |
| England doth Longfellow revere | P |
| And America loves Shakspeare | P |
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| The oration on the above interesting occasion was de | M |
| livered by the late Hon William Hamilton Merritt projector | P |
| of the Welland Canal He served at the battle when a young | Q |
| man The remains of the General had been removed to a | F |
| gentleman's residence in the valley while the vault under the | F |
| new monument was being prepared We witnessed the im | R |
| pressive ceremony and shall never forget it THE AUTHOR | P |
James Mcintyre
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