Union And Liberty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CCDEED FGFG CCDEED AHAH CCDEED IJKJ CCDEED LFLF CCDEED| FLAG of the heroes who left us their glory | A |
| Borne through their battle fields' thunder and flame | B |
| Blazoned in song and illumined in story | A |
| Wave o'er us all who inherit their fame | B |
| - | |
| Up with our banner bright | C |
| Sprinkled with starry light | C |
| Spread its fair emblems from mountain to shore | D |
| While through the sounding sky | E |
| Loud rings the Nation's cry | E |
| UNION AND LIBERTY ONE EVERMORE | D |
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| Light of our firmament guide of our Nation | F |
| Pride of her children and honored afar | G |
| Let the wide beams of thy full constellation | F |
| Scatter each cloud that would darken a star | G |
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| Up with our banner bright | C |
| Sprinkled with starry light | C |
| Spread its fair emblems from mountain to shore | D |
| While through the sounding sky | E |
| Loud rings the Nation's cry | E |
| UNION AND LIBERTY ONE EVERMORE | D |
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| Empire unsceptred what foe shall assail thee | A |
| Bearing the standard of Liberty's van | H |
| Think not the God of thy fathers shall fail thee | A |
| Striving with men for the birthright of man | H |
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| Up with our banner bright | C |
| Sprinkled with starry light | C |
| Spread its fair emblems from mountain to shore | D |
| While through the sounding sky | E |
| Loud rings the Nation's cry | E |
| UNION AND LIBERTY ONE EVERMORE | D |
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| Yet if by madness and treachery blighted | I |
| Dawns the dark hour when the sword thou must draw | J |
| Then with the arms of thy millions united | K |
| Smite the bold traitors to Freedom and Law | J |
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| Up with our banner bright | C |
| Sprinkled with starry light | C |
| Spread its fair emblems from mountain to shore | D |
| While through the sounding sky | E |
| Loud rings the Nation's cry | E |
| UNION AND LIBERTY ONE EVERMORE | D |
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| Lord of the Universe shield us and guide us | L |
| Trusting Thee always through shadow and sun | F |
| Thou hast united us who shall divide us | L |
| Keep us oh keep us the MANY IN ONE | F |
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| Up with our banner bright | C |
| Sprinkled with starry light | C |
| Spread its fair emblems from mountain to shore | D |
| While through the sounding sky | E |
| Loud rings the Nation's cry | E |
| UNION AND LIBERTY ONE EVERMORE | D |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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