Where Shall We Bury Our Shame? (neapolitan Air.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHIHI| Where shall we bury our shame | A |
| Where in what desolate place | B |
| Hide the last wreck of a name | A |
| Broken and stained by disgrace | B |
| Death may dissever the chain | C |
| Oppression will cease when we're gone | D |
| But the dishonor the stain | C |
| Die as we may will live on | E |
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| Was it for this we sent out | F |
| Liberty's cry from our shore | G |
| Was it for this that her shout | F |
| Thrilled to the world's very core | G |
| Thus to live cowards and slaves | H |
| Oh ye free hearts that lie dead | I |
| Do you not even in your graves | H |
| Shudder as o'er you we tread | I |
Thomas Moore
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