Virginia. A Sonnet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACCADDEFFE| Grandly thou fillest the world's eye to day | A |
| My proud Virginia When the gage was thrown | B |
| The deadly gage of battle thou alone | B |
| Strong in thy self control didst stoop to lay | A |
| The olive branch thereon and calmly pray | A |
| We might have peace the rather When the foe | C |
| Turned scornfully upon thee bade thee go | C |
| And whistled up his war hounds then the way | A |
| Of duty full before thee thou didst spring | D |
| Into the centre of the martial ring | D |
| Thy brave blood boiling and thy glorious eye | E |
| Shot with heroic fire and swear to claim | F |
| Sublimest victory in God's own name | F |
| Or wrapped in robes of martyrdom to die | E |
Margaret J. Preston
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