Erin, Oh Erin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFGG HIHIHH| Like the bright lamp that shone in Kildare's holy fane | A |
| And burn'd through long ages of darkness and storm | B |
| Is the heart that sorrows have frown'd on in vain | A |
| Whose spirit outlives them unfading and warm | B |
| Erin oh Erin thus bright through the tears | C |
| Of a long night of bondage thy spirit appears | D |
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| The nations have fallen and thou still art young | E |
| Thy sun is but rising when others are set | F |
| And though slavery's cloud o'er thy morning hath hung | E |
| The full noon of freedom shall beam round thee yet | F |
| Erin oh Erin though long in the shade | G |
| Thy star will shine out when the proudest shall fade | G |
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| Unchill'd by the rain and unwaked by the wind | H |
| The lily lies sleeping through winter's cold hour | I |
| Till Spring's light touch her fetters unbind | H |
| And daylight and liberty bless the young flower | I |
| Thus Erin oh Erin thy winter is past | H |
| And the hope that lived through it shall blossom at last | H |
Thomas Moore
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