Daniel Neall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDEFFGHIJHIKKALL MMMNNOOPPQRR| I | A |
| FRIENDof the Slave and yet the friend of all | B |
| Lover of peace yet ever foremost when | C |
| The need of battling Freedom called for men | C |
| To plant the banner on the outer wall | B |
| Gentle and kindly ever at distress | D |
| Melted to more than woman's tenderness | E |
| Yet firm and steadfast at his duty's post | F |
| Fronting the violence of a maddened host | F |
| Like some gray rock from which the waves are tossed | G |
| Knowing his deeds of love men questioned not | H |
| The faith of one whose walk and word were right | I |
| Who tranquilly in Life's great task field wrought | J |
| And side by side with evil scarcely caught | H |
| A stain upon his pilgrim garb of white | I |
| Prompt to redress another's wrong his own | K |
| Leaving to Time and Truth and Penitence alone | K |
| II | A |
| Such was our friend Formed on the good old plan | L |
| A true and brave and downright honest man | L |
| He blew no trumpet in the market place | M |
| Nor in the church with hypocritic face | M |
| Supplied with cant the lack of Christian grace | M |
| Loathing pretence he did with cheerful will | N |
| What others talked of while their hands were still | N |
| And while 'Lord Lord ' the pious tyrants cried | O |
| Who in the poor their Master crucified | O |
| His daily prayer far better understood | P |
| In acts than words was simply doing good | P |
| So calm so constant was his rectitude | Q |
| That by his loss alone we know its worth | R |
| And feel how true a man has walked with us on earth | R |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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