The Destruction Of Magdeburg Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD EEEE FFFF GGGG HHHG IIII JJJJ KKKK| OH Magdeberg the town | A |
| Fair maids thy beauty crown | A |
| Thy charms fair maids and matrons crown | A |
| Oh Magdeburg the town | A |
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| Where all so blooming stands | B |
| Advance fierce Tilly's bands | B |
| O'er gardens and o'er well till'd lands | B |
| Advance fierce Tilly's bands | B |
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| Now Tilly's at the gate | C |
| Our homes who'll liberate | C |
| Go loved one hasten to the gate | C |
| And dare the combat straight | C |
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| There is no need as yet | D |
| However fierce his threat | D |
| Thy rosy cheeks I'll kiss sweet pet | D |
| There is no need as yet | D |
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| My longing makes me pale | E |
| Oh what can wealth avail | E |
| E'en now thy father may be pale | E |
| Thou mak'st my courage fail | E |
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| Oh mother give me bread | F |
| Is then my father dead | F |
| Oh mother one small crust of bread | F |
| Oh what misfortune dread | F |
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| Thy father dead lies he | G |
| The trembling townsmen flee | G |
| Adown the street the blood runs free | G |
| Oh whither shall we flee | G |
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| The churches ruined lie | H |
| The houses burn on high | H |
| The roofs they smoke the flames out fly | H |
| Into the street then hie | G |
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| No safety there they meet | I |
| The soldiers fill the Street | I |
| With fire and sword the wreck complete | I |
| No safety there they meet | I |
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| Down falls the houses' line | J |
| Where now is thine or mine | J |
| That bundle yonder is not thine | J |
| Thou flying maiden mine | J |
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| The women sorrow sore | K |
| The maidens far far more | K |
| The living are no virgins more | K |
| Thus Tilly's troops make war | K |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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