The Last Charge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ KKLL| Now men of the North will you join in the strife | A |
| For country for freedom for honor for life | A |
| The giant grows blind in his fury and spite | B |
| One blow on his forehead will settle the fight | B |
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| Flash full in his eyes the blue lightning of steel | C |
| And stun him with cannon bolts peal upon peal | C |
| Mount troopers and follow your game to its lair | D |
| As the hound tracks the wolf and the beagle the hare | D |
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| Blow trumpets your summons till sluggards awake | E |
| Beat drums till the roofs of the faint hearted shake | E |
| Yet yet ere the signet is stamped on the scroll | F |
| Their names may be traced on the blood sprinkled roll | F |
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| Trust not the false herald that painted your shield | G |
| True honor to day must be sought on the field | G |
| Her scutcheon shows white with a blazon of red | H |
| The life drops of crimson for liberty shed | H |
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| The hour is at hand and the moment draws nigh | I |
| The dog star of treason grows dim in the sky | I |
| Shine forth from the battle cloud light of the morn | J |
| Call back the bright hour when the Nation was born | J |
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| The rivers of peace through our valleys shall run | K |
| As the glaciers of tyranny melt in the sun | K |
| Smite smite the proud parricide down from his throne | L |
| His sceptre once broken the world is our own | L |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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