Louvain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFG HIBIJKLK MNONPNDN Q| A shrine where saints and scholars met | A |
| And held aloft the torch of truth | B |
| Lies smouldering 'neath fair Brabant's skies | C |
| A ruined heap war's prize in sooth | B |
| The Pilates of Teutonic blood | D |
| That fired the brand and flung the bomb | E |
| Now wash their hands of evil deed | F |
| While all the world stands ghast and dumb | G |
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| Is this your culture sons of Kant | H |
| And ye who kneel 'round Goethe's throne | I |
| To carry in your knapsacks death | B |
| To feel for man nor ruth nor moan | I |
| What 'vails it now your mighty guns | J |
| If God be mightier in the sky | K |
| What 'vail your cities walls and towers | L |
| If half your progress be a lie | K |
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| The smoking altars ruined arch | M |
| Of ancient church and Gothic fane | N |
| Have felt the death stings of your shells | O |
| And speak in pity thro' Louvain | N |
| Wheel back your guns your howitzers melt | P |
| Forget your World Power's cursed plan | N |
| And sign in peace and not in blood | D |
| Dread Sinai's pact 'twixt God and Man | N |
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| For His Eminence Cardinal Merrier | Q |
Thomas O'hagan
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