Scotland: A Jacobite's Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FBGBHIAJ KLMLNHOH POQOARAR ASTSUVWV| Where are those days O Caledon | A |
| So glorious and bright | B |
| In which thy star resplendent shone | A |
| With passing lustrous light | B |
| Alas alas those happier days | C |
| Are shrouded in the past | D |
| Thy glory was like that of Greece | E |
| Too bright it shone to last | D |
| - | |
| Where are those knightly heroes bold | F |
| Those champions of the right | B |
| That bore the shield and couched the lance | G |
| So valiant in the fight | B |
| Whether for king and country's weal | H |
| In freedom's cause they strove | I |
| Or courted glory and renown | A |
| To win their lady love | J |
| - | |
| The Wallace nobly lived and died | K |
| To save his land from shame | L |
| The royal Bruce as nobly fought | M |
| Her freedom to reclaim | L |
| How would their generous hearts have mourned | N |
| Could they have pierced the veil | H |
| And peering into future years | O |
| Have read thy woful tale | H |
| - | |
| Then patriots raised the royal flag | P |
| Around the noble Graemes | O |
| And dyed the heather with their blood | Q |
| For Scotland and King James | O |
| A wreath of honour nobly won | A |
| Encircled then thy brow | R |
| How is that garland once so green | A |
| So sadly faded now | R |
| - | |
| Now mercenary lust hath ta'en | A |
| The place of chivalry | S |
| And that devoted Faith of yore | T |
| Is gone for bigotry | S |
| What wonder then that to my eye | U |
| The tear will sometimes start | V |
| What wonder that the clouds of grief | W |
| Hang heavy o'er my heart | V |
W. M. Mackeracher
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