Father Of Universal Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL BMBMNN BOBOPQ RSRSNN ATATUU VWXWYY ZA2ZA2B2B2 C2YC2YB2B2| Father of Universal Man | A |
| Where'er in this wide world he roam | B |
| Not known to thee by kith or clan | A |
| Nor height nor breadth of mental dome | B |
| Nor babbling tongue nor sounding creed | C |
| But by his woe and common need | C |
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| The pushing Anglo Saxon race | D |
| The Celts with wealth of heart and mind | E |
| The Esquimaux of leaden face | D |
| The Arabs whom no chain can bind | E |
| With hardy Boers and all the rest | F |
| Are with one common Father blest | F |
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| And all are brothers though at times | G |
| Our flashing swords obscure the sun | H |
| We ring aloud our Christmas chimes | G |
| But louder sounds the booming gun | H |
| And brother is by brother slain | I |
| And kindred ties are rent in twain | I |
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| Yet Thou art true whate'er betide | J |
| Thy heart o'er human woe doth melt | K |
| For men of every race Christ died | J |
| And as a zone Thy love would belt | K |
| All human kind from pole to pole | L |
| Into one grand harmonious whole | L |
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| Men war with men in every clime | B |
| Commotions rock this earthly ball | M |
| Our souls are covered o'er with grime | B |
| Sad fruits of our Adamic fall | M |
| But grace shall triumph in the end | N |
| And good the evil far transcend | N |
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| Thy throne remains forever firm | B |
| And here amidst the strife of men | O |
| We find with joy a heavenly germ | B |
| Which shall re stock this world again | O |
| With fruitful plants of righteousness | P |
| If Thou O God but deign to bless | Q |
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| Help us that we may not deny | R |
| Our brotherhood in hour of strife | S |
| When swords shall from their scabbards fly | R |
| And great the sacrifice of life | S |
| May we in pity o'er them bend | N |
| And help to wounded foe extend | N |
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| If we are working out Thy plan | A |
| Give our brave soldiers arms of steel | T |
| And may each prove himself a man | A |
| To God and to his nation leal | T |
| And never falter in the fight | U |
| But die if need be for the right | U |
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| May right prevail in this dread war | V |
| Though we be humbled in the dust | W |
| To fail our end is better far | X |
| Then gain it if it be unjust | W |
| But if our aims with Thine agree | Y |
| We trust and leave results with Thee | Y |
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| The world moves on let none essay | Z |
| To block it in its onward course | A2 |
| Lest they like chaff be swept away | Z |
| As by a supernatural force | A2 |
| For laggards progress does not wait | B2 |
| Keep pace with time or bide your fate | B2 |
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| May our brave foes rise in defeat | C2 |
| To higher form of liberty | Y |
| And Freedom's flag as seemeth meet | C2 |
| Wave over all from sea to sea | Y |
| Pushed on as by the hand of fate | B2 |
| To nationhood both firm and great | B2 |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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