Hymn After The Emancipation Proclamation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEE FFGG HHII JJKK| GIVER of all that crowns our days | A |
| With grateful hearts we sing thy praise | A |
| Through deep and desert led by Thee | B |
| Our promised land at last we see | B |
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| Ruler of Nations judge our cause | C |
| If we have kept thy holy laws | D |
| The sons of Belial curse in vain | E |
| The day that rends the captive's chain | E |
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| Thou God of vengeance Israel's Lord | F |
| Break in their grasp the shield and sword | F |
| And make thy righteous judgments known | G |
| Till all thy foes are overthrown | G |
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| Then Father lay thy healing hand | H |
| In mercy on our stricken land | H |
| Lead all its wanderers to the fold | I |
| And be their Shepherd as of old | I |
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| So shall one Nation's song ascend | J |
| To Thee our Ruler Father Friend | J |
| While Heaven's wide arch resounds again | K |
| With Peace on earth good will to men | K |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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