Louvain - To Dom Brunt Destrtt, O.s.b. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC ADAE FGFG HI| I | A |
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| IT was the very heart of Peace that thrilled | B |
| In the deep minster bell's wide throbbing sound | C |
| When over old roofs evening seemed to build | B |
| Security this world has never found | C |
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| Your cloister looked from Caesar's rampart high | A |
| O'er the fair city clustered orchard trees | D |
| Married their murmur with the dreaming sky | A |
| It was the house of love and living peace | E |
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| And there we talked of youth's delightful years | F |
| In Italy in England Now O Friend | G |
| I know not if I speak to living ears | F |
| Or if upon you too is come the end | G |
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| Peace is on Louvain dead peace of spilt blood | H |
| Upon the mounded ashes where she stood | I |
Robert Laurence Binyon
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