Thomas Moore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPOP DQDQ RSRT UVUV| The land of poetry and mirth | A |
| Of orators and statesmen too | B |
| To one more genial ne'er gave birth | A |
| Than when gay Moore it brought forth you | B |
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| The land of Goldsmith Wolfe and Burke | C |
| May well with gladness sound thy name | D |
| And honor thee whose life and work | C |
| Produc'd a bright and joyous flame | D |
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| Thy lively genius sparkling free | E |
| Emitted rays which sparkle yet | F |
| And gladden hearts across the sea | E |
| When tears of pain their eyelids wet | F |
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| Mild Goldsmith sang with taste and well | G |
| And so did Wolfe his plaintive ode | H |
| But thou alone possess'd the spell | G |
| That served to ease thy country's load | H |
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| O'Connell work'd with wondrous skill | I |
| With silv'ry tongue and prudent head | J |
| With patriotic heart and will | I |
| To ease Oppression's crushing tread | J |
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| He did remove th' oppressor's weight | K |
| Or made it rest more lightly there | L |
| But still there crowded in the gate | K |
| The ills of life we all must share | L |
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| Great Burke with comprehensive mind | M |
| Pour'd forth his thoughts too lofty far | N |
| To glad his humble simple kind | M |
| Who could not reach the lowest bar | N |
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| But thou brought forth thy tuneful lyre | O |
| And swept it with a skilful hand | P |
| And hearts with joy and hope afire | O |
| Arose to bless thee thro' the land | P |
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| Thy songs of love religion fame | D |
| Resounded from each hill and dale | Q |
| And fann'd the patriotic flame | D |
| In beautiful Avoca's vale | Q |
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| They reach'd us here we have them now | R |
| And treasure them both rich and poor | S |
| And here's a green wreath for thy brow | R |
| Of Irish shamrocks Thomas Moore | T |
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| In fadeless verdure may it stay | U |
| And long thy gifted head entwine | V |
| For time will mark full many a day | U |
| Till head and heart shall live like thine | V |
Thomas Frederick Young
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