Hymn For The Dedication Of Memorial Hall At Cambridge, June 23, 1874 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFG HHII JJKK LLDD| Where girt around by savage foes | A |
| Our nurturing Mother's shelter rose | A |
| Behold the lofty temple stands | B |
| Reared by her children's grateful hands | B |
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| Firm are the pillars that defy | C |
| The volleyed thunders of the sky | C |
| Sweet are the summer wreaths that twine | D |
| With bud and flower our martyrs' shrine | D |
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| The hues their tattered colors bore | E |
| Fall mingling on the sunlit floor | E |
| Till evening spreads her spangled pall | F |
| And wraps in shade the storied hall | G |
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| Firm were their hearts in danger's hour | H |
| Sweet was their manhood's morning flower | H |
| Their hopes with rainbow hues were bright | I |
| How swiftly winged the sudden night | I |
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| O Mother on thy marble page | J |
| Thy children read from age to age | J |
| The mighty word that upward leads | K |
| Through noble thought to nobler deeds | K |
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| TRUTH heaven born TRUTH their fearless guide | L |
| Thy saints have lived thy heroes died | L |
| Our love has reared their earthly shrine | D |
| Their glory be forever thine | D |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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