White-collar Spaniard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGI JKJKLMLMWe 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 William Service
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