To The Thirty-ninth Congress Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHHIJJKLLMNNOP QRSSTUUVWWXYYGZZA2B2 B2RZZC2D2D2E2VVZF2F2| O 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
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