The Pharaohs Of Today Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGG HHI JJKK LLMM NNOO| Pain and labor of oppression gave the Western world its birth | A |
| From such shores the love of freedom ne'er should perish from the earth | A |
| To a conscience that's awakened these are words to make it start | B |
| 'Each oppressor of a human buys himself a hardened heart ' | C |
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| 'Twas the sixties broke the shackles from the body of the slave | D |
| Which was only half his freedom for his mind we now must save | D |
| Liberty of his opinion such as other people use | E |
| Give him all that makes for manhood and the same he'll not abuse | E |
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| True the God of ancient Israel loves the Negro of today | F |
| Many proofs are had in common of the truth of what I say | F |
| For the stronger the oppression made them multiply and grow | G |
| Of the Negro in this country quite the same is true you know | G |
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| 'Give him freedom ' says the white man 'will defeat our greatest plan | H |
| With his freedom here's the trouble he'll aspire to be a man | H |
| Men will scorn to suffer treatment on the level of a brute | I |
| Safest way to keep them subjects is their manhood to dispute ' | - |
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| Ancient Pharaoh was a pagan bowing down to wood and stone | J |
| Deeds today of Christian Pharaohs would disgrace the ancient throne | J |
| Leaguers now with Satan's kingdom from their plans he never parts | K |
| Such oppressors of a human pay the price of hardened hearts | K |
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| Pharaoh's cruelty in Egypt filled the Israelites with pain | L |
| Thus his heart was fully hardened out of love for earthly gain | L |
| For the same he met destruction to his rashness it was due | M |
| Modern Pharaohs his example may a lesson bring to you | M |
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| When the Jews for wrong decided then the nation lost its rank | N |
| Rome debauched in gross corruption into degradation sank | N |
| Sins of national importance bring calamities the same | O |
| Just as true as it is ancient sin will bring the nation shame | O |
Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer
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