The Happy Warrior Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDE FAFA GGGH FAFA GFGF| I have brought no store from the field now the day is ended | A |
| The harvest moon is up and I bear no sheaves | B |
| When the toilers carry the fruits hanging gold and splendid | A |
| I have but leaves | B |
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| When the saints pass by in the pride of their stainless raiment | A |
| Their brave hearts high with the joy of the gifts they bring | C |
| I have saved no whit from the sum of my daily payment | A |
| For offering | C |
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| Not there is my place where the workman his toil delivers | D |
| I scarce can see the ground where the hero stands | E |
| I must wait as the one poor fool in that host of givers | D |
| With empty hands | E |
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| There was no time lent to me that my skill might fashion | F |
| Some work of praise some glory some thing of light | A |
| For the swarms of hell came on in their power and passion | F |
| I could but fight | A |
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| I am maimed and spent I am broken and trodden under | G |
| With wheel and horseman the battle has swept me o'er | G |
| And the long vain warfare has riven my heart asunder | G |
| I can no more | H |
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| But my soul is still though the sundering door has hidden | F |
| The mirth and glitter the sound of the lighted feast | A |
| Though the guests go in and I stand in the night unbidden | F |
| The worst the least | A |
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| My soul is still I have gotten nor fame nor treasure | G |
| Let all men spurn me let devils and angels frown | F |
| But the scars I bear are a guerdon of royal measure | G |
| My stars my crown | F |
Violet Jacob
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