Welcome To The Grand Duke Alexis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B ACAC ADAD EFEG HIHI| MUSIC HALL DECEMBER | A |
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| Sung to the Russian national air by the children of the public schools | B |
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| SHADOWED so long by the storm cloud of danger | A |
| Thou whom the prayers of an empire defend | C |
| Welcome thrice welcome but not as a stranger | A |
| Come to the nation that calls thee its friend | C |
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| Bleak are our shores with the blasts of December | A |
| Fettered and chill is the rivulet's flow | D |
| Throbbing and warm are the hearts that remember | A |
| Who was our friend when the world was our foe | D |
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| Look on the lips that are smiling to greet thee | E |
| See the fresh flowers that a people has strewn | F |
| Count them thy sisters and brothers that meet thee | E |
| Guest of the Nation her heart is thine own | G |
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| Fires of the North in eternal communion | H |
| Blend your broad flashes with evening's bright star | I |
| God bless the Empire that loves the Great Union | H |
| Strength to her people Long life to the Czar | I |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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