O Canada, Mon Pays, Mes Amours Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBAACCB DDEECCB FGHHCCB IIJJCCB| Title of a French Canadian song | A |
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| O Canada my country and my love | B |
| Held in my heart all other lands above | B |
| To thee to whom my homage should belong | A |
| I pay the cheerful tribute of my song | A |
| And swear allegiance as on bended knee | C |
| And vow undying fealty to thee | C |
| O Canada my country and my love | B |
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| I crave no land of epic story cast | D |
| In giant shadows on the misty past | D |
| No land illustrious in former time | E |
| Which has outlived the vigor of its prime | E |
| No lordlier land renowned across the sea | C |
| Nor any other land on earth but thee | C |
| O Canada my country and my love | B |
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| Past is thy night of darkness and of tears | F |
| Thy radiant dawn hath driv'n away our fears | G |
| Thy sun in morning splendor mounts the sky | H |
| Thy hopes thy aims thy destinies are high | H |
| God make thee great as thou art fair and free | C |
| And give thee sons and daughters worthy thee | C |
| O Canada my country and my love | B |
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| Eternal blessing rest upon thy head | I |
| Abounding Plenty heap thy board with bread | I |
| Justice and Peace upon thy steps attend | J |
| And Virtue be thy guardian and thy friend | J |
| And Righteousness like thine own maple tree | C |
| Flourish and rear her shelter over thee | C |
| O Canada my country and my love | B |
W. M. Mackeracher
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