War Song. Remember The Glories Of Brien The Brave.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFGHIHI JKLKMNMN| Remember the glories of Brien the brave | A |
| Tho' the days of the hero are o'er | B |
| Tho' lost to Mononia and cold in the grave | A |
| He returns to Kinkora no more | C |
| That star of the field which so often hath poured | D |
| Its beam on the battle is set | E |
| But enough of its glory remains on each sword | D |
| To light us to victory yet | E |
| - | |
| Mononia when Nature embellished the tint | F |
| Of thy fields and thy mountains so fair | G |
| Did she ever intend that a tyrant should print | F |
| The footstep of slavery there | G |
| No Freedom whose smile we shall never resign | H |
| Go tell our invaders the Danes | I |
| That 'tis sweeter to bleed for an age at thy shrine | H |
| Than to sleep but a moment in chains | I |
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| Forget not our wounded companions who stood | J |
| In the day of distress by our side | K |
| While the moss of the valley grew red with their blood | L |
| They stirred not but conquered and died | K |
| That sun which now blesses our arms with his light | M |
| Saw them fall upon Ossory's plain | N |
| Oh let him not blush when he leaves us to night | M |
| To find that they fell there in vain | N |
Thomas Moore
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