Oh For The Swords Of Former Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDE FBFBGHGHFBFB| Oh for the swords of former time | A |
| Oh for the men who bore them | B |
| When arm'd for Right they stood sublime | A |
| And tyrants crouch'd before them | B |
| When free yet ere courts began | C |
| With honours to enslave him | D |
| The best honours worn by Man | C |
| Were those which Virtue gave him | D |
| Oh for the swords etc etc | E |
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| Oh for the Kings who flourish'd then | F |
| Oh for the pomp that crown'd them | B |
| When hearts and hands of freeborn men | F |
| Were all the ramparts round them | B |
| When safe built on bosoms true | G |
| The throne was but the centre | H |
| Round which Love a circle drew | G |
| That Treason durst not enter | H |
| Oh for the Kings who flourish'd then | F |
| Oh for the pomp that crown'd them | B |
| When hearts and hands of freeborn men | F |
| Were all the ramparts round them | B |
Thomas Moore
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