The Flower Of Liberty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC CC DEFFCC CC GGHHCC CC IIJJCC CC KKLLCC CC| WHAT flower is this that greets the morn | A |
| Its hues from Heaven so freshly born | A |
| With burning star and flaming band | B |
| It kindles all the sunset land | B |
| Oh tell us what its name may be | C |
| Is this the Flower of Liberty | C |
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| It is the banner of the free | C |
| The starry Flower of Liberty | C |
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| In savage Nature's far abode | D |
| Its tender seed our fathers sowed | E |
| The storm winds rocked its swelling bud | F |
| Its opening leaves were streaked with blood | F |
| Till lo earth's tyrants shook to see | C |
| The full blown Flower of Liberty | C |
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| Then hail the banner of the free | C |
| The starry Flower of Liberty | C |
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| Behold its streaming rays unite | G |
| One mingling flood of braided light | G |
| The red that fires the Southern rose | H |
| With spotless white from Northern snows | H |
| And spangled o'er its azure see | C |
| The sister Stars of Liberty | C |
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| Then hail the banner of the free | C |
| The starry Flower of Liberty | C |
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| The blades of heroes fence it round | I |
| Where'er it springs is holy ground | I |
| From tower and dome its glories spread | J |
| It waves where lonely sentries tread | J |
| It makes the land as ocean free | C |
| And plants an empire on the sea | C |
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| Then hail the banner of the free | C |
| The starry Flower of Liberty | C |
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| Thy sacred leaves fair Freedom's flower | K |
| Shall ever float on dome and tower | K |
| To all their heavenly colors true | L |
| In blackening frost or crimson dew | L |
| And God love us as we love thee | C |
| Thrice holy Flower of Liberty | C |
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| Then hail the banner of the free | C |
| The starry FLOWER OF LIBERTY | C |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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