Parting Hymn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABAB ACAC DEDF AFAF GHGH AAAA'DUNDEE' | A |
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FATHER of Mercies Heavenly Friend | A |
We seek thy gracious throne | B |
To Thee our faltering prayers ascend | A |
Our fainting hearts are known | B |
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From blasts that chill from suns that smite | A |
From every plague that harms | C |
In camp and march in siege and fight | A |
Protect our men at arms | C |
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Though from our darkened lives they take | D |
What makes our life most dear | E |
We yield them for their country's sake | D |
With no relenting tear | F |
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Our blood their flowing veins will shed | A |
Their wounds our breasts will share | F |
Oh save us from the woes we dread | A |
Or grant us strength to bear | F |
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Let each unhallowed cause that brings | G |
The stern destroyer cease | H |
Thy flaming angel fold his wings | G |
And seraphs whisper Peace | H |
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Thine are the sceptre and the sword | A |
Stretch forth thy mighty hand | A |
Reign Thou our kingless nation's Lord | A |
Rule Thou our throneless land | A |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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