A Cry For Poland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFGHIHIHJDKD LDLDABAB

HOW long shall injustice prevailA
How long shall the weak rue the strongB
The children of Poland bewailA
The yoke of the Russian How longB
Lo one generation goes byC
And another succeeds as of oldD
Yet no liberation is nighC
Yet theirs are afflictions untoldD
The hero whose lustre and worthE
Might add to his nation's renownF
Still seeks at a far foreign hearthG
The shelter denied at his ownH
No star left her home to illumeI
The mother heart broken and lornH
The mother looks round on her gloomI
And curses the hour she was bornH
In sight of the husband or sireJ
The wife or the daughter's defiledD
And to quench a demoniac ireK
Both mercy and love are reviledD
The smoke of the blood of the wiseL
The holy heroic and goodD
Ascends from the earth to the skiesL
And still crave the blood hounds for bloodD
How long shall injustice prevailA
And insult and murder and wrongB
Cause high hearted Poland to wailA
Thou God of the helpless how longB
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Joseph Skipsey



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