Lay His Sword By His Side Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFHIHIH HHHHJKJH| Lay his sword by his side it hath served him too well | A |
| Not to rest near his pillow below | B |
| To the last moment true from his hand ere it fell | A |
| Its point was still turn'd to a flying foe | B |
| Fellow labourers in life let them slumber in death | C |
| Side by side as becomes the reposing brave | D |
| That sword which he loved still unbroke in its sheath | E |
| And himself unsubdued in his grave | D |
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| Yet pause for in fancy a still voice I hear | F |
| As if breathed from his brave heart's remains | G |
| Faint echo of that which in Slavery's ear | F |
| Once sounded the war word quot Burst your chains quot | H |
| And it cries from the grave where the hero lies deep | I |
| quot Though the day of your Chieftain for ever hath set | H |
| Oh leave not his sword thus inglorious to sleep | I |
| It hath victory's life in it yet | H |
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| quot Should some alien unworthy such weapon to wield | H |
| Dare to touch thee my own gallant sword | H |
| Then rest in thy sheath like a talisman seal'd | H |
| Or return to the grave of thy chainless lord | H |
| But if grasp'd by a hand that hath learn'd the proud use | J |
| Of a falchion like thee on the battle plain | K |
| Then at Liberty's summons like lightning let loose | J |
| Leap forth from thy dark sheath again quot | H |
Thomas Moore
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