Fables For The Holy Alliance. Fable Iii. The Torch Of Liberty Poem Rhyme Scheme

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I saw it all in Fancy's glass	A
Herself the fair the wild magician	B
Who bade this splendid day dream pass	A
And named each gliding apparition	B
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'Twas like a torch race such as they	C
Of Greece performed in ages gone	D
When the fleet youths in long array	C
Past the bright torch triumphant on	E
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I saw the expectant nations stand	F
To catch the coming flame in turn	G
I saw from ready hand to hand	F
The clear tho' struggling glory burn	G
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And oh their joy as it came near	H
'Twas in itself a joy to see	I
While Fancy whispered in my ear	J
That torch they pass is Liberty	I
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And each as she received the flame	K
Lighted her altar with its ray	C
Then smiling to the next who came	K
Speeded it on its sparkling way	C
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From ALBION first whose ancient shrine	L
Was furnisht with the fire already	I
COLUMBIA caught the boon divine	L
And lit a flame like ALBION'S steady	I
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The splendid gift then GALLIA took	M
And like a wild Bacchante raising	N
The brand aloft its sparkles shook	M
As she would set the world a blazing	N
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Thus kindling wild so fierce and high	O
Her altar blazed into the air	P
That ALBION to that fire too nigh	O
Shrunk back and shuddered at its glare	P
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Next SPAIN so new was light to her	Q
Leapt at the torch but ere the spark	R
That fell upon her shrine could stir	Q
'Twas quenched and all again was dark	R
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Yet no not quenched a treasure worth	S
So much to mortals rarely dies	T
Again her living light lookt forth	U
And shone a beacon in all eyes	T
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Who next received the flame alas	A
Unworthy NAPLES shame of shames	V
That ever thro' such hands should pass	A
That brightest of all earthly flames	V
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Scarce had her fingers touched the torch	W
When frighted by the sparks it shed	X
Nor waiting even to feel the scorch	W
She dropt it to the earth and fled	X
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And fallen it might have long remained	Y
But GREECE who saw her moment now	Z
Caught up the prize tho' prostrate stained	Y
And waved it round her beauteous brow	Z
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And Fancy bade me mark where o'er	Q
Her altar as its flame ascended	A2
Fair laurelled spirits seemed to soar	B2
Who thus in song their voices blended	A2
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Shine shine for ever glorious Flame	K
Divinest gift of Gods to men	C2
From GREECE thy earliest splendor came	K
To GREECE thy ray returns again	C2
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Take Freedom take thy radiant round	D2
When dimmed revive when lost return	G
Till not a shrine thro' earth be found	D2
On which thy glories shall not burn	G

Thomas Moore

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