The Old Soldier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CACA DCDC| Lest the young soldiers be strange in heaven | A |
| God bids the old soldier they all adored | B |
| Come to Him and wait for them clean new shriven | A |
| A happy doorkeeper in the House of the Lord | B |
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| Lest it abash them the strange new splendour | C |
| Lest it affright them the new robes clean | A |
| Here's an old face now long tried and tender | C |
| A word and a hand clasp as they troop in | A |
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| 'My boys ' he greets them and heaven is homely | D |
| He their great captain in days gone o'er | C |
| Dear is the friend's face honest and comely | D |
| Waiting to welcome them by the strange door | C |
Katharine Tynan
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