To The Thirty-ninth Congress Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHHIJJKLLMNNOP QRSSTUUVWWXYYGZZA2B2 B2RZZC2D2D2E2VVZF2F2O PEOPLE CHOSEN are ye not | A |
Likewise the chosen of the Lord | B |
To do His will and speak His word | C |
From the loud thunder storm of war | D |
Not man alone hath called ye forth | E |
But He the God of all the earth | F |
The torch of vengeance in your hands | G |
He quenches unto Him belongs | H |
The solemn recompense of wrongs | H |
Enough of blood the land has seen | I |
And not by cell or gallows stair | J |
Shall ye the way of God prepare | J |
Say to the pardon seekers Keep | K |
Your manhood bend no suppliant knees | L |
Nor palter with unworthy pleas | L |
Above your voices sounds the wail | M |
Of starving men we shut in vain | N |
Our eyes to Pillow's ghastly stain | N |
What words can drown that bitter cry | O |
What tears wash out the stain of death | P |
What oaths confirm your broken faith | Q |
From you alone the guaranty | R |
Of union freedom peace we claim | S |
We urge no conqueror's terms of shame | S |
Alas no victor's pride is ours | T |
We bend above our triumphs won | U |
Like David o'er his rebel son | U |
Be men not beggars Cancel all | V |
By one brave generous action trust | W |
Your better instincts and be just | W |
Make all men peers before the law | X |
Take hands from off the negro's throat | Y |
Give black and white an equal vote | Y |
Keep all your forfeit lives and lands | G |
But give the common law's redress | Z |
To labor's utter nakedness | Z |
Revive the old heroic will | A2 |
Be in the right as brave and strong | B2 |
As ye have proved yourselves in wrong | B2 |
Defeat shall then be victory | R |
Your loss the wealth of full amends | Z |
And hate be love and foes be friends | Z |
Then buried be the dreadful past | C2 |
Its common slain be mourned and let | D2 |
All memories soften to regret | D2 |
Then shall the Union's mother heart | E2 |
Her lost and wandering ones recall | V |
Forgiving and restoring all | V |
And Freedom break her marble trance | Z |
Above the Capitolian dome | F2 |
Stretch hands and bid ye welcome home | F2 |
John Greenleaf Whittier
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about To The Thirty-ninth Congress poem by John Greenleaf Whittier
Best Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier