The Southern Scourge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAEFE GHIJKLMH NHDJOPGQ CRORSTUT GVWVAEGE XYAZA2RB2R GDSBAC2D2A2 E2YAZXZGZ| The yellow fever was raging | A |
| Down in the sunny south | B |
| And in many of the cities | C |
| There was a death at every house | D |
| This plague a war was raging | A |
| With the lives of people there | E |
| The young and old were stricken down | F |
| And lay in sad despair | E |
| - | |
| No comfort all was misery | G |
| In many a southern home | H |
| Where once was peace and quietness | I |
| Now in distress are thrown | J |
| For death the house has visited | K |
| And caused the inmates to mourn | L |
| The loss of some dear loving friend | M |
| That on earth no more shall roam | H |
| - | |
| Some people in delirium | N |
| Have wandered from their home | H |
| Have wandered to a vacant house | D |
| And there have died alone | J |
| With no kind friend to care for them | O |
| Or close their dying eyes | P |
| Oh God in horrid misery | G |
| Hundreds of people died | Q |
| - | |
| There were many whole families | C |
| Taken down sick in a day | R |
| With no one to care for them | O |
| In death they passed away | R |
| Their spirits arose to God above | S |
| Where sickness is no more | T |
| Where peace and comfort ever reign | U |
| On Heaven's blissful shore | T |
| - | |
| There is many a southern city | G |
| To day is filled with woe | V |
| And many of the inhabitants | W |
| Have wandered to and fro | V |
| To nurse the sick and dying | A |
| The dead for the grave prepare | E |
| They tried to do their duty | G |
| With hearts filled with despair | E |
| - | |
| The Howard Association | X |
| Have been doing all they can | Y |
| To keep the quot plague quot from raging | A |
| Throughout the southern land | Z |
| They nursed the sick they fed the poor | A2 |
| They work both night and day | R |
| This brave band in the southern scourge | B2 |
| Heroic courage display | R |
| - | |
| This noble band of charity | G |
| Have went from house to house | D |
| To ease the sad misery of | S |
| The sufferers at the south | B |
| Sad scenes of death and suffering | A |
| Each day they must endure | C2 |
| As in the daily rounds they went | D2 |
| Among the afflicted poor | A2 |
| - | |
| The noble northern people | E2 |
| Have helped them all they can | Y |
| In money food and clothing | A |
| Which they had at their command | Z |
| There is many a southern person | X |
| That will bless this Howard band | Z |
| For their noble deeds of charity | G |
| To the sufferers of their land | Z |
Julia Ann Moore
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