Poet John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier

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Arisen At Last Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDEFFGHHICCJKLMN NOPPQRSPCCCCCTCC

I SAID I stood upon thy graveA
My Mother State when last the moonB
Of blossoms clomb the skies of JuneB
And scattering ashes on my headC
I wore undreaming of reliefD
The sackcloth of thy shame and griefD
Again that moon of blossoms shinesE
On leaf and flower and folded wingF
And thou hast risen with the springF
Once more thy strong maternal armsG
Are round about thy children flungH
A lioness that guards her youngH
No threat is on thy clos d lipsI
But in thine eye a power to smiteC
The mad wolf backward from its lightC
Southward the baffled robber's trackJ
Henceforth runs only hereawayK
The fell lycanthrope finds no preyL
Henceforth within thy sacred gatesM
His first low howl shall downward drawN
The thunder of thy righteous lawN
Not mindless of thy trade and gainO
But acting on the wiser planP
Thou 'rt grown conservative of manP
So shalt thou clothe with life the hopeQ
Dream painted on the sightless eyesR
Of him who sang of ParadiseS
The vision of a Christian manP
In virtue as in stature greatC
Embodied in a Christian StateC
And thou amidst thy sisterhoodC
Forbearing long yet standing fastC
Shalt win their grateful thanks at lastC
When North and South shall strive no moreT
And all their feuds and fears be lostC
In Freedom's holy PentecostC

John Greenleaf Whittier



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