Morton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GCGC HIHI JKJK LMLL LNLN| The warm pulse of the nation has grown chill | A |
| The muffled heart of Freedom like a knell | B |
| Throbs solemnly for one whose earthly will | A |
| Wrought every mission well | B |
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| Whose glowing reason towered above the sea | C |
| Of dark disaster like a beacon light | D |
| And led the Ship of State unscathed and free | C |
| Out of the gulfs of night | D |
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| When Treason rabid mouthed and fanged with steel | E |
| Lay growling o'er the bones of fallen braves | F |
| And when beneath the tyrant's iron heel | E |
| Were ground the hearts of slaves | F |
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| And War with all his train of horrors leapt | G |
| Across the fortress walls of Liberty | C |
| With havoc e'en the marble goddess wept | G |
| With tears of blood to see | C |
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| Throughout it all his brave and kingly mind | H |
| Kept loyal vigil o'er the patriot's vow | I |
| And yet the flag he lifted to the wind | H |
| Is drooping o'er him now | I |
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| And Peace all pallid from the battle field | J |
| When first again it hovered o'er the land | K |
| And found his voice above it like a shield | J |
| Had nestled in his hand | K |
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| O throne of State and gilded Senate halls | L |
| Though thousands throng your aisles and galleries | M |
| How empty are ye and what silence falls | L |
| On your hilarities | L |
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| And yet though great the loss to us appears | L |
| The consolation sweetens all our pain | N |
| Though hushed the voice through all the coming years | L |
| Its echoes will remain | N |
James Whitcomb Riley
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