The St. Lawrence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DCDCCC EFEFGH CICIFF CJCJCC KLKLMM| Though like Ulysses fam'd of old | A |
| I travell'd or the wandering Jew | B |
| No nobler sight could I behold | A |
| Than one which daily meets my view | B |
| This mighty stream my country's pride | C |
| St Lawrence' broad majestic tide | C |
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| By Babylonia's waters 'mong | D |
| Unwonted scenes disconsolate | C |
| Their harps upon the willows hung | D |
| The Jewish exiles weeping sate | C |
| Recall'd the river of their land | C |
| And yearn'd to tread its winding strand | C |
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| When stern Elisha bade him lave | E |
| Seven times in Jordan and be clean | F |
| His Syrian upland's flashing wave | E |
| Seem'd better to the Damascene | F |
| Albana Pharpar far excel | G |
| He said the streams of Israel | H |
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| In India Ganges was rever'd | C |
| In Egypt worshipp'd was the Nile | I |
| To Romans Tiber was endear'd | C |
| From Apennine to Sacred Isle | I |
| And Rhine and Danube Thames and Rhone | F |
| A people's votive love have known | F |
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| And we to this imposing flood | C |
| A cordial homage needs must pay | J |
| Who in the solemn night have stood | C |
| Upon its banks and day by day | J |
| Been fill'd with gladness to behold | C |
| Its floor of silver flush'd with gold | C |
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| It brings the nations to our marts | K |
| It bears our commerce to the sea | L |
| Has virtue too to cleanse our hearts | K |
| And make our spirits strong and free | L |
| It flows our struggling lives to bless | M |
| With volume grace and cheerfulness | M |
W. M. Mackeracher
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