Sol Canadien, Terre Cherie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDE FGFHIIII IIIIJKJL IIIIDEDM| From the French of Isidore Bedard | A |
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| O soil Canadian cherished earth | B |
| The brave the noble peopled thee | C |
| They left the country of their birth | B |
| And sought a land of liberty | C |
| It was from glorious France they came | D |
| They were the pick of warriors they | E |
| The shining lustre of their fame | D |
| Is kept untarnished till to day | E |
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| How beautiful thy fields appear | F |
| How much thou hast to give content | G |
| All hail ye mountains that uprear | F |
| Your lordly heights magnificent | H |
| All hail St Lawrence' noble tide | I |
| Hail land by Nature richly deckt | I |
| Thy children's hearts should throb with pride | I |
| Thy sons should walk with head erect | I |
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| Still honor the protecting hand | I |
| Of Albion friend of the opprest | I |
| And harbor no malicious band | I |
| Of traitors nourished in thy breast | I |
| Yield never in the storm be brave | J |
| Thine only masters are thy laws | K |
| Thou wast not made to be a slave | J |
| Fear not thy rights are Britain's cause | L |
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| If that belov'd protecting hand | I |
| Should ever fail thee undismay'd | I |
| Stand by thyself alone my land | I |
| Rejecting scorning foreign aid | I |
| From glorious France thy founders came | D |
| They were the pick of warriors they | E |
| The shining lustre of their fame | D |
| Unsullied shall be kept for aye | M |
W. M. Mackeracher
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