Hymn For Music, After The Battle Of Waterloo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD E FF GHGH E FF I JKJK E FF| Perish Almighty Justice cried | A |
| And struck the avenging blow | B |
| And Europe shouts from side to side | A |
| The tyrant is laid low | B |
| Said not his heart More blood shall stream | C |
| Around my sovereign throne | D |
| He wakes from dire ambition's dream | C |
| Pale trembling and alone | D |
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| ARIA WITH CHORUS | E |
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| Triumph the rescued nations cry | F |
| Triumph ten thousand hearts reply | F |
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| Sad mother weep no more thy children slain | G |
| The trumpets and the battle clangours cease | H |
| Uplift to heaven the loud the grateful strain | G |
| And hail the dawn of Freedom and of Peace | H |
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| CHORUS | E |
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| Triumph the rescued nations cry | F |
| Triumph ten thousand hearts reply | F |
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| ARIA | I |
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| For joy returned for peace restored | J |
| Lord of all worlds to thee we raise | K |
| While Slaughter drops his weary sword | J |
| To thee the hymn of gratitude and praise | K |
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| CHORUS | E |
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| Triumph the rescued nations cry | F |
| Triumph ten thousand hearts reply | F |
William Lisle Bowles
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