Lines On The North-west Rebellion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK LMIMNOPO BQRQSTUT VWXWPTYT| The war is o'er and vict'ry crowns | A |
| Our youthful soldiers brave | B |
| And back their homeward steps have turn'd | C |
| Save those who found their grave | B |
| Save those whom rebel bullets fell'd | D |
| Whose martial souls have gone | E |
| Whose bodies rest beneath the plains | F |
| Of wide Saskatchewan | E |
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| Sleep on brave hearts Nor bugle sound | G |
| Nor beat of martial drum | H |
| Shall make you spring to arms again | I |
| And to your comrades come | H |
| Sleep on brave hearts Nor western storm | J |
| Nor rebel balls you'll feel | K |
| You fought the last campaign of life | L |
| And fought it well with Riel | K |
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| And others wounded in the strife | L |
| Their valor still will burn | M |
| And to the bloody field again | I |
| Their spirits brave return | M |
| Tho' maim'd and bruis'd and battle worn | N |
| Their names are honor'd here | O |
| Next to the names of those who fought | P |
| And found a bloody bier | O |
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| Oh British troops are brave | B |
| To charge the foreign guns | Q |
| And British spirit shows itself | R |
| In our young country's sons | Q |
| Long long may truth and valor strong | S |
| Inspire Canadian hearts | T |
| To meet with steady bravery | U |
| All rebel balls and darts | T |
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| To meet all foreign foes or quell | V |
| The sinful rebel's pride | W |
| And teach that right must yet prevail | X |
| That justice must preside | W |
| That law must ne'er be set at naught | P |
| By selfish cliques or elans | T |
| That right must ne'er give way to might | Y |
| That liberty is man's | T |
Thomas Frederick Young
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