Thoughts On Peace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHIJJKKLM EEEENNEEGGOPIGQQRR| Still e'er that shrine defiance rears its head | A |
| Which rolls in sullen murmurs o'er the dead | A |
| That shrine which conquest as it stems the flood | B |
| Too often tinges deep with human blood | B |
| Still o'er the land stern devastation reigns | C |
| Its giant mountains and its spreading plains | C |
| Where the dark pines their heads all gloomy wave | D |
| Or rushing cataracts loud sounding lave | D |
| The precipice whose brow with awful pride | E |
| Tow'rs high above and scorns the foaming tide | E |
| The village sweet the forest stretching far | F |
| Groan undistinguish'd 'midst the shock of war | G |
| There the rack'd matron sees her son expire | H |
| There clasps the infant son his murder'd sire | I |
| While the sad virgin on her lover's face | J |
| Weeps with the last farewel the last embrace | J |
| And the lone widow too with frenzied cries | K |
| Amid the common wreck unheeded dies | K |
| O Peace bright Seraph heaven lov'd maid return | L |
| And bid distracted nature cease to mourn | M |
| O let the ensign drear of war be furl'd | E |
| And pour thy blessings on a bleeding world | E |
| Then social order shall again expand | E |
| It's sovereign good again shall bless the land | E |
| Elate the simple villager shall see | N |
| Contentment's inoffensive revelry | N |
| Then once again shall o'er the foaming tide | E |
| The swelling sail of commerce fearless ride | E |
| With bounteous hand shall plenty grace our shore | G |
| And cheerless want's complaint be known no more | G |
| Then hear a nation's pray'r lov'd goddess hear | O |
| Wipe the wan cheek deep lav'd by many a tear | P |
| Nature the triumph foul of horror o'er | I |
| Shall raise her frame to scenes of blood no more | G |
| Pale recollection shall recall her woes | Q |
| Again shall paint her agonizing throes | Q |
| These o'er the earth thine empire firm shall raise | R |
| Unaw'd by war's destructive storms the bliss of future days | R |
Thomas Gent
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