Poet James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson

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O Southland! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE AGHGDIJI AKLKMNON APQPRSTS

O Southland O SouthlandA
Have you not heard the callB
The trumpet blown the word made knownC
To the nations one and allB
The watchword the hope wordD
Salvation's present planE
A gospel new for all for youF
Man shall be saved by manE
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O Southland O SouthlandA
Do you not hear to dayG
The mighty beat of onward feetH
And know you not their wayG
'Tis forward 'tis upwardD
On to the fair white archI
Of Freedom's dome and there is roomJ
For each man who would marchI
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O Southland fair SouthlandA
Then why do you still clingK
To an idle age and a musty pageL
To a dead and useless thingK
'Tis springtime 'Tis work timeM
The world is young againN
And God's above and God is loveO
And men are only menN
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O Southland my SouthlandA
O birthland do not shirkP
The toilsome task nor respite askQ
But gird you for the workP
Remember rememberR
That weakness stalks in prideS
That he is strong who helps alongT
The faint one at his sideS

James Weldon Johnson



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