When The War Is Over. A Christmas Lay Poem Rhyme Scheme

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I	A
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Ah the happy Christmas times	B
Times we all remember	C
Times that flung a ruddy glow	D
O'er the gray December	C
Will they never come again	E
With their song and story	F
Never wear a remnant more	G
Of their olden glory	F
Must the little children miss	H
Still the festal token	I
Must their realm of young romance	J
All be marred and broken	I
Must the mother promise on	K
While her smiles dissemble	L
And she speaks right quietly	F
Lest her voice should tremble	L
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Darlings wait till father comes	M
Wait and we'll discover	C
Never were such Christmas times	B
When the war is over	C
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II	A
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Underneath the midnight sky	A
Bright with starry beauty	F
Sad the shivering sentinel	L
Treads his round of duty	F
For his thoughts are far away	N
Far from strife and battle	L
As he listens dreamingly	L
To his baby's prattle	L
As he clasps his sobbing wife	O
Wild with sudden gladness	B
Kisses all her tears away	N
Chides her looks of sadness	B
Talks of Christmas nights to come	P
And his step grows lighter	C
Whispering while his stiffening hand	Q
Grasps his musket tighter	C
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Patience love keep heart keep hope	R
To your weary rover	C
What a home our home will be	F
When the war is over	C
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III	A
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By the twilight Christmas fire	C
All her senses laden	I
With a weight of tenderness	B
Sits the musing maiden	I
From the parlor's cheerful blaze	B
Far her visions wander	C
To the white tent gleaming bright	S
On the hill side yonder	C
Buoyant in her brave young love	T
Flushed with patriot honour	C
No misgiving no fond fear	C
Flings its shade upon her	C
Though no mortal soul can know	D
Half the love she bears him	U
Proudly for her country's sake	V
From her heart she spares him	U
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God be thanked she does not dream	W
That her gallant lover	C
Will be in a soldier's grave	X
When the war is over	C
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IV	X
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'Midst the turmoil and the strife	X
Of the war tide's rushing	Y
Every heart its separate woe	D
In its depths is hushing	Y
Who has time for tears when blood	Z
All the land is steeping	Y
In our poverty we grudge	A2
Even the waste of weeping	Y
But when quiet comes again	E
And the bands long broken	I
Gather round the hearth and breathe	B2
Names now seldom spoken	I
Then we'll miss the precious links	B
Mourn the empty places	B
Read the hopeless Nevermore	C
In each other's faces	B
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Oh what aching anguish'd hearts	B
O'er lone graves will hover	C
With a new fresh sense of pain	C2
When the war is over	C
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V	X
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Stern endurance bitterer still	L
Sharp with self denial	L
Fraught with loftier sacrifice	B
Fuller far of trial	L
Strews our flinty path of thorns	B
Marks our bloody story	X
Fits us for the victor's palm	D2
Weaves our robe of glory	X
Shall we faint with God above	X
And His strong arm under	C
And the cold world gazing on	K
In a maze of wonder	C
No with more resistless march	E2
More resolved endeavor	C
Press we onward struggle still	L
Fight and win forever	C
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Holy peace will heal all ills	B
Joy all losses cover	C
Raptures rend our Southern skies	B
When the war is over	C

Margaret J. Preston

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