Sonnet On The Death Of Toussaint L'ouverture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDECECFFHis weary warfare done his woes forgot | A |
Freedom thy son oppress'd so long is free | B |
He seeks the realms where tyranny is not | A |
And those shall hail him who have died for thee | B |
Immortal TELL receive a soul like thine | C |
Who scorn'd obedience to usurp'd command | D |
Who rose a giant from a sphere indign | C |
To tear the rod from proud oppression's hand | D |
Alas no victor wreaths enzon'd his brow | E |
But freedom long his hapless fate shall mourn | C |
Her holy tears shall nurse the laurel bough | E |
Whose green leaves grace his consecrated urn | C |
Nursed by these tears that bough shall rise sublime | F |
And bloom triumphant 'mid the wrecks of time | F |
Thomas Gent
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