An Appeal For "the Old South" Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCEFGFG HIHIJKJK LMLMNONO PQPQARAR SESETBTBWhile stands the Coliseum Rome shall stand | A |
When falls the Coliseum Rome shall fall | B |
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Full sevenscore years our city's pride | C |
The comely Southern spire | D |
Has cast its shadow and defied | C |
The storm the foe the fire | E |
Sad is the sight our eyes behold | F |
Woe to the three hilled town | G |
When through the land the tale is told | F |
The brave 'Old South' is down | G |
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Let darkness blot the starless dawn | H |
That hears our children tell | I |
Here rose the walls now wrecked and gone | H |
Our fathers loved so well | I |
Here while his brethren stood aloof | J |
The herald's blast was blown | K |
That shook St Stephen's pillared roof | J |
And rocked King George's throne | K |
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The home bound wanderer of the main | L |
Looked from his deck afar | M |
To where the gilded glittering vane | L |
Shone like the evening star | M |
And pilgrim feet from every clime | N |
The floor with reverence trod | O |
Where holy memories made sublime | N |
The shrine of Freedom's God | O |
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The darkened skies alas have seen | P |
Our monarch tree laid low | Q |
And spread in ruins o'er the green | P |
But Nature struck the blow | Q |
No scheming thrift its downfall planned | A |
It felt no edge of steel | R |
No soulless hireling raised his hand | A |
The deadly stroke to deal | R |
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In bridal garlands pale and mute | S |
Still pleads the storied tower | E |
These are the blossoms but the fruit | S |
Awaits the golden shower | E |
The spire still greets the morning sun | T |
Say shall it stand or fall | B |
Help ere the spoiler has begun | T |
Help each and God help all | B |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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