Westward Ho! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBCCDD AE FFGGCC AAHHIIJJAA KLMMNN AA OOPPQQ AA RRSSTT AA UUVVUU AA CCWWUU AA| Away to the west Westward ho Westward ho | A |
| Where over the prairies the summer winds blow | A |
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| Why known to so few were its rivers and plains | B |
| Where rustle so tall in their ripeness the grains | B |
| The bison and Red men alone cared to roam | C |
| O'er realms that to millions must soon give a home | C |
| The vast fertile levels Old Time loved to reap | D |
| The haymaker's song hath awakened from sleep | D |
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| Away to the West Westward ho Westward ho | A |
| Why waited we fearing to plant and to sow | E |
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| Not ours was the waiting By God was ordained | F |
| The hour when the ocean's grey steeds were up reined | F |
| And green marshes rose and the bittern's abode | G |
| Became the Lone Land where the wild hunter strode | G |
| And soils with grass harvests grew rich and the clime | C |
| For us was prepared in the fulness of Time | C |
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| Away to the West Westward ho Westward ho | A |
| For us 'twas prepared long ago long ago | A |
| There came from the Old World at last o'er the sea | H |
| The bravest and best to this land of the free | H |
| And leal to their flag won the fruits of the earth | I |
| By might that has given new nations a birth | I |
| But found in our North land a bride to be known | J |
| More worthy than all of the love of the throne | J |
| Away to the West Westward ho Westward ho | A |
| God's hand is our guide 'tis His will that we go | A |
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| To lands yet more happy than Europe's for here | K |
| We mould the young nation for Freedom to rear | L |
| Full strongly we build and have nought to pull down | M |
| For true to ourselves we are true to the Crown | M |
| The will of the people its honour shows forth | N |
| As pole star whose radiance points steadfastly north | N |
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| Away to the West Westward ho Westward ho | A |
| Where rooted in Freedom shall Liberty grow | A |
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| Right good is the loam that for five score of days | O |
| Its rolling lands show or its plains' scented ways | O |
| Nor used is the pick if the earth has concealed | P |
| The waters it keeps for the house and the field | P |
| The spade finds enough until burst on the sight | Q |
| Our Rocky Sierras' sweet rivers of light | Q |
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| Away to the West Westward ho Westward ho | A |
| From mountains and lakes there the great rivers flow | A |
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| If told of Brazil or great Mexico's gold | R |
| Of Cotton States' warmth and of Canada's cold | R |
| Go say how we prize like the ore of the mine | S |
| The snows sapphire shadowed in winter's sunshine | S |
| Our gayest of seasons which guards the good soil | T |
| For races who won it through faith and through toil | T |
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| Away to the West Westward ho Westward ho | A |
| Bright sparkles its winter and light is its snow | A |
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| There gaily in measureless meadows all day | U |
| The sun and the breeze with the grass are at play | U |
| In billows that never can break as they pass | V |
| But toss the gold foam of the flower laden grass | V |
| The bright yellow disks of the asters upcast | U |
| On waves that in blossoms flow silently past | U |
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| Away to the West Westward ho Westward ho | A |
| Where over the prairies the summer winds blow | A |
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| The West for you boys where our God has made room | C |
| For field and for city for plough and for loom | C |
| The West for you girls for our Canada deems | W |
| Love's home better luck than a gold seeker's dreams | W |
| Away and your children shall bless you for they | U |
| Shall rule o'er a land fairer far than Cathay | U |
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| Away to the West Westward ho Westward ho | A |
| Thou God of their fathers Thy blessing bestow | A |
John Campbell
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