Reflections Of A Jacobite Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF| Mourn mourn ye spirits of the brave for glories passed away | A |
| Mourn that the sceptre of your king should own a stranger's sway | A |
| Mourn that the crown which graced his brow by sovereign right divine | B |
| Should e'er in regal mockery adorn an upstart line | B |
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| But mourn the more that those who boast your blood within their veins | C |
| To such reproaches should submit while any drop remains | C |
| That those whose names are heroes' names transmitted from the free | D |
| The subjects of a foreign lord in cherished chains should be | D |
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| Oh for the days when life was naught except for what it prized | E |
| When virtue honour truth and right inspired and advised | E |
| When men such loyalty and love to king and country bore | F |
| The grand old days of chivalry alas they are no more | F |
W. M. Mackeracher
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