To The Soldiers Of Pius Ninth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGAHAH IJIJKLKL KMKMNCNC| Warriors true tis no false glory | A |
| For which now you peril life | B |
| For no worthless aim unholy | A |
| Do ye plunge into the strife | B |
| No unstable fleeting vision | C |
| Bright before your gaze hath shone | D |
| No day dream of wild ambition | C |
| Now your footsteps urges on | E |
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| But a cause both great and glorious | F |
| Worthy of a Christian s might | G |
| One which yet shall be victorious | F |
| Tis the cause of God and right | G |
| Men by aim more pure and holy | A |
| Say could soldiers be enticed | H |
| Strike for truth and conscience solely | A |
| Strike for Pius and for Christ | H |
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| Even like the brave Crusaders | I |
| Heroes true and tried of old | J |
| You would check the rash invaders | I |
| Of all that we sacred hold | J |
| And though hosts your steps beleaguer | K |
| Full of might and martial pride | L |
| For the conflict be you eager | K |
| God Himself will be your guide | L |
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| Soldiers of the Cross remember | K |
| In the cause you fight for now | M |
| Tis not earthly wreaths you gather | K |
| To adorn the dauntless brow | M |
| But the laurels bright unfading | N |
| Never from you to be riven | C |
| Which will yet your brows be shading | N |
| In the shining courts of Heaven | C |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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