At The Banquet To The Japanese Embassy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEE FFGG HHII JJJ CCGG KKLL MMNN OOJ JJPQ NNNN NNNN NJGG JJBB| AUGUST | A |
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| WE welcome you Lords of the Land of the Sun | B |
| The voice of the many sounds feebly through one | B |
| Ah would 't were a voice of more musical tone | C |
| But the dog star is here and the song birds have flown | C |
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| And what shall I sing that can cheat you of smiles | D |
| Ye heralds of peace from the Orient isles | D |
| If only the Jubilee Why did you wait | E |
| You are welcome but oh you're a little too late | E |
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| We have greeted our brothers of Ireland and France | F |
| Round the fiddle of Strauss we have joined in the dance | F |
| We have lagered Herr Saro that fine looking man | G |
| And glorified Godfrey whose name it is Dan | G |
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| What a pity we've missed it and you've missed it too | H |
| We had a day ready and waiting for you | H |
| We'd have shown you provided of course you had come | I |
| You 'd have heard no you would n't because it was dumb | I |
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| And then the great organ The chorus's shout | J |
| Like the mixture teetotalers call 'Cold without' | J |
| A mingling of elements strong but not sweet | J |
| And the drum just referred to that 'couldn't be beat ' | - |
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| The shrines of our pilgrims are not like your own | C |
| Where white Fusiyama lifts proudly its cone | C |
| The snow mantled mountain we see on the fan | G |
| That cools our hot cheeks with a breeze from Japan | G |
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| But ours the wide temple where worship is free | K |
| As the wind of the prairie the wave of the sea | K |
| You may build your own altar wherever you will | L |
| For the roof of that temple is over you still | L |
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| One dome overarches the star bannered shore | M |
| You may enter the Pope's or the Puritan's door | M |
| Or pass with the Buddhist his gateway of bronze | N |
| For a priest is but Man be he bishop or bonze | N |
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| And the lesson we teach with the sword and the pen | O |
| Is to all of God's children 'We also are men | O |
| If you wrong us we smart if you prick us we bleed | J |
| If you love us no quarrel with color or creed ' | - |
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| You'll find us a well meaning free spoken crowd | J |
| Good natured enough but a little too loud | J |
| To be sure there is always a bit of a row | P |
| When we choose our Tycoon and especially now | Q |
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| You'll take it all calmly we want you to see | N |
| What a peaceable fight such a contest can be | N |
| And of one thing be certain however it ends | N |
| You will find that our voters have chosen your friends | N |
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| If the horse that stands saddled is first in the race | N |
| You will greet your old friend with the weed in his face | N |
| And if the white hat and the White House agree | N |
| You'll find H G really as loving as he | N |
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| But oh what a pity once more I must say | N |
| That we could not have joined in a 'Japanese day' | J |
| Such greeting we give you to night as we can | G |
| Long life to our brothers and friends of Japan | G |
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| The Lord of the mountain looks down from his crest | J |
| As the banner of morning unfurls in the West | J |
| The Eagle was always the friend of the Sun | B |
| You are welcome The song of the cage bird is done | B |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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