Poem (through The Dim Pageant Of The Years) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJK LLMM GGNN| Through the dim pageant of the years | A |
| A wondrous tracery appears | A |
| A cabin of the western wild | B |
| Shelters in sleep a new born child | B |
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| Nor nurse nor parent dear can know | C |
| The way those infant feet must go | C |
| And yet a nation's help and hope | D |
| Are sealed within that horoscope | D |
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| Beyond is toil for daily bread | E |
| And thought to noble issues led | E |
| And courage arming for the morn | F |
| For whose behest this man was born | F |
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| A man of homely rustic ways | G |
| Yet he achieves the forum's praise | G |
| And soon earth's highest meed has won | H |
| The seat and sway of Washington | H |
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| No throne of honors and delights | I |
| Distrustful days and sleepless nights | I |
| To struggle suffer and aspire | J |
| Like Israel led by cloud and fire | K |
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| A treacherous shot a sob of rest | L |
| A martyr's palm upon his breast | L |
| A welcome from the glorious seat | M |
| Where blameless souls of heroes meet | M |
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| And thrilling through unmeasured days | G |
| A song of gratitude and praise | G |
| A cry that all the earth shall heed | N |
| To God who gave him for our need | N |
Julia Ward Howe
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