On The New Province "alberta." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBDDBEFEFGG| This Province was called after the Princess one of whose Christian names is Alberta | A |
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| In token of the love which thou hast shown | B |
| For this wide land of freedom I have named | C |
| A province vast and for its beauty famed | C |
| By thy dear name to be hereafter known | B |
| Alberta shall it be Her fountains thrown | B |
| From alps unto three oceans to all men | D |
| Shall vaunt her loveliness e'en now and when | D |
| Each little hamlet to a city grown | B |
| And numberless as blades of prairie grass | E |
| Or the thick leaves in distant forest bower | F |
| Great peoples hear the giant currents pass | E |
| Still shall the waters bringing wealth and power | F |
| Speak the loved name the land of silver springs | G |
| Worthy the daughter of our English kings | G |
John Campbell
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