Dirge For Ashby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDDB EFGFHHHI JKLKMNNK GOHOLLLO PQPQRRRQ PJLJSSSJ PPPPDDFP

Heard ye that thrilling wordA
Accent of dreadB
Flash like a thunderboltC
Bowing each headB
Crash through the battle dunD
Over the booming gunD
Ashby our bravest oneD
Ashby is deadB
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Saw ye the veteransE
Hearts that had knownF
Never a quail of fearG
Never a groanF
Sob 'mid the fight they winH
Tears their stern eyes withinH
Ashby our PaladinH
Ashby is goneI
-
Dash dash the tear awayJ
Crush down the painK
Dulce et decus beL
Fittest refrainK
Why should the dreary pallM
Round him be flung at allN
Did not our hero fallN
Gallantly slainK
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Catch the last word of cheerG
Dropt from his tongueO
Over the volley's dinH
Loud be it rungO
Follow me follow meL
Soldier oh could there beL
P an or dirge for theeL
Loftier sungO
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Bold as the Lion heartP
Dauntless and braveQ
Knightly as knightliestP
Bayard could craveQ
Sweet with all Sidney's graceR
Tender as Hampden's faceR
Who who shall fill the spaceR
Void by his graveQ
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'Tis not one broken heartP
Wild with dismayJ
Crazed with her agonyL
Weeps o'er his clayJ
Ah from a thousand eyesS
Flow the pure tears that riseS
Widowed Virginia liesS
Stricken to dayJ
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Yet though that thrilling wordP
Accent of dreadP
Falls like a thunderboltP
Bowing each headP
Heroes be battle doneD
Bravelier every oneD
Nerved by the thought aloneF
Ashby is deadP

Margaret J. Preston



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