Song Of Slaves In The Desert Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDAAABEFGGHHHBII JJAAABKKLLAAABMMKKAA AB| WHERE are we going where are we going | A |
| Where are we going Rubee | B |
| Lord of peoples lord of lands | C |
| Look across these shining sands | C |
| Through the furnace of the noon | D |
| Through the white light of the moon | D |
| Strong the Ghiblee wind is blowing | A |
| Strange and large the world is growing | A |
| Speak and tell us where we are going | A |
| Where are we going Rubee | B |
| Bornou land was rich and good | E |
| Wells of water fields of food | F |
| Dourra fields and bloom of bean | G |
| And the palm tree cool and green | G |
| Bornou land we see no longer | H |
| Here we thirst and here we hunger | H |
| Here the Moor man smites in anger | H |
| Where are we going Rubee | B |
| When we went from Bornou land | I |
| We were like the leaves and sand | I |
| We were many we are few | J |
| Life has one and death has two | J |
| Whitened bones our path are showing | A |
| Thou All seeing thou All knowing | A |
| Hear us tell us where are we going | A |
| Where are we going Rubee | B |
| Moons of marches from our eyes | K |
| Bornou land behind us lies | K |
| Stranger round us day by day | L |
| Bends the desert circle gray | L |
| Wild the waves of sand are flowing | A |
| Hot the winds above them blowing | A |
| Lord of all things where are we going | A |
| Where are we going Rubee | B |
| We are weak but Thou art strong | M |
| Short our lives but Thine is long | M |
| We are blind but Thou hast eyes | K |
| We are fools but Thou art wise | K |
| Thou our morrow's pathway knowing | A |
| Through the strange world round us growing | A |
| Hear us tell us where are we going | A |
| Where are we going Rubee | B |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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