White-collar Spaniard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGI JKJKLMLM| We have no heart for civil strife | A |
| Our burdens we prefer to bear | B |
| We long to live a peaceful life | A |
| And claim of happiness our share | B |
| If only to be clothed and fed | C |
| And see our children laugh and play | D |
| That means a lot when all is said | C |
| In this grim treadmill of today | D |
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| The price of manhood is too high | E |
| When leap the sacrificial flames | F |
| For Justice we refuse to die | E |
| Honour and Pride are empty names | F |
| We will not play the martyr's part | G |
| We will not perish for a Cause | H |
| Leave that to fools with humble heart | G |
| We live according to the Laws | I |
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| For see Comes up the city street | J |
| Communion clad a shining band | K |
| Of timy children angel sweet | J |
| Singing and holding hand in hand | K |
| So let Might triumph over Right | L |
| From sufferance content we take | M |
| We fight because we do not fight | L |
| And it is for our children's sake | M |
Robert Service
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