The War-makers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB BBB BCCC CDDDD DEEEEE FFEE GG HH| Who are the Makers of Wars | A |
| The Kings of the earth | B |
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| And who are these Kings of the earth | B |
| Only men not always even men of worth | B |
| But claiming rule by right of birth | B |
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| And Wisdom does that come by birth | B |
| Nay then too often the reverse | C |
| Wise father oft has son perverse | C |
| Solomon's son was Israel's curse | C |
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| Why suffer things to reason so averse | C |
| It always has been so | D |
| And only now does knowledge grow | D |
| To that high point where all men know | D |
| Who would be free must strike the blow | D |
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| And how long will man suffer so | D |
| Until his soul of Freedom sings | E |
| And strengthened by his sufferings | E |
| He breaks the worn out leading strings | E |
| And calls to stricter reckonings | E |
| Those costliest things unworthy Kings | E |
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| Not all are worthless Some with sense of duty | F |
| Strive to invest their lives with grace and beauty | F |
| To such high honour But the rest self seekers | E |
| Pride puffed out with them useless mischief makers | E |
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| The time is past when any man or nation | G |
| Will meekly bear unrighteous domination | G |
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| The time is come when every burden bearer | H |
| Must in the fixing of his load be sharer | H |
William Arthur Dunkerley (john Oxenham)
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