To Canaan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGFDHIH JKLKMNONDHBH PQDQARSRDHDH AASADTDTDHUH VWSWSDXDDHYH| A PURITAN WAR SONG | A |
| - | |
| WHERE are you going soldiers | B |
| With banner gun and sword | C |
| We 're marching South to Canaan | D |
| To battle for the Lord | C |
| What Captain leads your armies | E |
| Along the rebel coasts | F |
| The Mighty One of Israel | G |
| His name is Lord of Hosts | F |
| To Canaan to Canaan | D |
| The Lord has led us forth | H |
| To blow before the heathen walls | I |
| The trumpets of the North | H |
| - | |
| What flag is this you carry | J |
| Along the sea and shore | K |
| The same our grandsires lifted up | L |
| The same our fathers bore | K |
| In many a battle's tempest | M |
| It shed the crimson rain | N |
| What God has woven in his loom | O |
| Let no man rend in twain | N |
| To Canaan to Canaan | D |
| The Lord has led us forth | H |
| To plant upon the rebel towers | B |
| The banners of the North | H |
| - | |
| What troop is this that follows | P |
| All armed with picks and spades | Q |
| These are the swarthy bondsmen | D |
| The iron skin brigades | Q |
| They'll pile up Freedom's breastwork | A |
| They 'LL scoop out rebels' graves | R |
| Who then will be their owner | S |
| And march them off for slaves | R |
| To Canaan to Canaan | D |
| The Lord has led us forth | H |
| To strike upon the captive's chain | D |
| The hammers of the North | H |
| - | |
| What song is this you're singing | A |
| The same that Israel sung | A |
| When Moses led the mighty choir | S |
| And Miriam's timbrel rung | A |
| To Canaan To Canaan | D |
| The priests and maidens cried | T |
| To Canaan To Canaan | D |
| The people's voice replied | T |
| To Canaan to Canaan | D |
| The Lord has led us forth | H |
| To thunder through its adder dens | U |
| The anthems of the North | H |
| - | |
| When Canaan's hosts are scattered | V |
| And all her walls lie flat | W |
| What follows next in order | S |
| The Lord will see to that | W |
| We'll break the tyrant's sceptre | S |
| We 'll build the people's throne | D |
| When half the world is Freedom's | X |
| Then all the world's our own | D |
| To Canaan to Canaan | D |
| The Lord has led us forth | H |
| To sweep the rebel threshing floors | Y |
| A whirlwind from the North | H |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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