They Shall Come Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEFGFGHIHIJKJK GCGCLBLB| ALTHOUGH they sleep in alien graves afar | A |
| Where restlessly chill winds we know not roam | B |
| When Peace has laid the cruel waves of war | C |
| They shall come home | B |
| Their spirit cannot die though they be dead | D |
| The young the brave the noble and the dear | E |
| And we shall know by some sweet influence shed | D |
| That they are near | E |
| Because of them we shall go unafraid | F |
| And front the Future strong and valorous | G |
| They shall come home when most we need their aid | F |
| And hearten us | G |
| What soul we owned we knew not till they died | H |
| Upon high nationhood they set the seal | I |
| The crude ore taken from the mountainside | H |
| They wrought to steel | I |
| What though they passed in all their pride and power | J |
| With steadfast tread adown the sunset track | K |
| To Glory's gates in memory's hallowed hour | J |
| They shall come back | K |
| And they shall give in place of heart distress | G |
| To kith and kin tear worn and sorrowing sore | C |
| A sense of reverence and of sacredness | G |
| Not known before | C |
| What though they sleep in unfamiliar earth | L |
| Where restlessly chill winds we know not roam | B |
| To stir our blood to deeds of starry worth | L |
| They shall come home | B |
Roderic Quinn
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