The Battle Of Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED AFCGHIFI JKLKHMNM AOCOHPCP QRCRSTAT EBCBUVWV AXAXHYZY| Up and arm for life's struggle | A |
| We shall conquer in the fight | B |
| If we arm us for the battle | A |
| With the weapons Truth and Right | B |
| Though the world's arrayed against us | C |
| We will shrink not from the strife | D |
| For invincible is duty | E |
| On the battlefield of life | D |
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| In the vanguard of the battle | A |
| Foremost comes our foeman Sin | F |
| Like a giant in his prowess | C |
| With an aspect stern and grim | G |
| But though mighty in his power | H |
| We'll preserve a dauntless air | I |
| And we'll fight this dreaded foeman | F |
| 'Neath the sturdy shield of prayer | I |
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| Next is Poverty approaching | J |
| Weapons sure and sharp she wears | K |
| And she's backed by thronging thousands | L |
| By a countless host of cares | K |
| Still this terrible invader | H |
| We'll repel with robust health | M |
| And with energy and labour | N |
| Soon we'll win the ally Wealth | M |
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| Every step is fraught with struggle | A |
| Cares full armed our path oppose | O |
| Hopes are falling fast around us | C |
| Wounded are we too by woes | O |
| Yet our courage must not falter | H |
| We must fight Care hand to hand | P |
| Other hopes will soon support us | C |
| If we firmly take our stand | P |
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| In the sorried ranks of batte | Q |
| With the flag of Right unfurled | R |
| Let our well tried virtues make us | C |
| Victors ever in the world | R |
| Noble to the things we fight for | S |
| Glorious be the deeds we do | T |
| Foeman to the false and evil | A |
| Champions of the good and true | T |
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| Fight we as God's soldiers bravely | E |
| Let us conquor by his might | B |
| His Almighty arms shall aid us | C |
| Ever in the cause of right | B |
| Fight on to life's last moments | U |
| Faith at last shall conquer death | V |
| Dying still we'll shout in triumph | W |
| 'Victory' with our last drawn breath | V |
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| Onward then to dare the struggle | A |
| Though we fall upon the field | X |
| Better be struck down in battle | A |
| Than like cowards tamely yield | X |
| Shrink not from the stern encounter | H |
| Duty ever strength supplies | Y |
| And from every fall we meet with | Z |
| Anteus like we'll stronger rise | Y |
Owen Suffolk
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