Joseph Seamon Cotter

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O, Little David, Play On Your Harp Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AA BCDEFB GHIJKLMNOPQDRSTUVWXY ZA2B2C2D2QDE2F2G2 BCPEWB

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O Little David play on your harpB
That ivory harp with the golden stringsC
And sing as you did in Jewry LandD
Of the Prince of Peace and the God of LoveE
And the coming Christ ImmanuelF
O Little David play on your harpB
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A seething world is gone stark madG
And is drunk with the bloodH
Gorged with the fleshI
Blinded with the ashesJ
Of her millions of deadK
From out it all and over allL
There stands years old and fully grownM
A monster in the guise of manN
He is of war and not of warO
Born in peaceP
Nurtured in arrogant pride and greedQ
World creature is he and native to no landD
And war itself is mercifulR
When measured by his deedsS
Beneath the CrescentT
Lie a people maimedU
Their only sinV
That they worship GodW
On Russia's steppesX
Is a race in tearsY
Their one offenseZ
That they would be themselvesA2
On Flander's plainsB2
Is a nation rapedC2
A bleeding giftD2
Of Kultur's conquering creedQ
And in every landD
Are black folk scourgedE2
Their only crimeF2
That they dare be menG2
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O Little David play on your harpB
That ivory harp with the golden stringsC
And psalm anew your songs of PeaceP
Of the soothing calm of a Brotherly LoveE
And the saving grace of a Mighty GodW
O Little David play on your harpB

Joseph Seamon Cotter



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