War Against Babylon. (air.--novello.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDE FGFGHIHIE| War against Babylon shout we around | A |
| Be our banners through earth unfurled | B |
| Rise up ye nations ye kings at the sound | A |
| War against Babylon shout thro' the world | B |
| Oh thou that dwellest on many waters | C |
| Thy day of pride is ended now | D |
| And the dark curse of Israel's daughters | C |
| Breaks like a thundercloud over thy brow | D |
| War war war against Babylon | E |
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| Make bright the arrows and gather the shields | F |
| Set the standard of God on high | G |
| Swarm we like locusts o'er all her fields | F |
| Zion our watchword and vengeance our cry | G |
| Woe woe the time of thy visitation | H |
| Is come proud land thy doom is cast | I |
| And the black surge of desolation | H |
| Sweeps o'er thy guilty head at last | I |
| War war war against Babylon | E |
Thomas Moore
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