Libby Prison Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFEF GHGHIJKJ LJMJNONO PQGQGGLG| Air The Soldier's Orphan Boy | A |
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| Down south the Libby prison stood | B |
| The rebel's filthy den | C |
| Rebs in battle prisoners took | D |
| Of course our union men | C |
| And our brave boys hearty and hale | E |
| To prison had to go | F |
| And few have lived to tell the tale | E |
| Of misery and woe | F |
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| This prison was a horrid place | G |
| Many brave boys died there | H |
| In rags and filth and wretchedness | G |
| They died for want of care | H |
| Many a brave and noble man | I |
| As he lay sick and sore | J |
| Was thinking of his friends and home | K |
| He never would see more | J |
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| Fathers brothers young husbands dear | L |
| Went through that prison door | J |
| Some lived to return home we hear | M |
| And others are no more | J |
| Many a noble soldier died | N |
| In Libby prison cell | O |
| And comrades perish'd side by side | N |
| As many a man can tell | O |
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| No loving hand was near a couch | P |
| To bathe an aching head | Q |
| No loving friend to watch the hours | G |
| Or soothe their dying bed | Q |
| No friend to wipe the fallen tears | G |
| From off the dewy face | G |
| No loving kindred was there near | L |
| To mark their resting place | G |
Julia Ann Moore
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