The March Of The Workers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC DDDC EEEC FGGGC HHHC EEEC IIIC JJJC EEEC EEEC EEEC EEECWhat is this the sound and rumour What is this that all men hear | A |
Like the wind in hollow valleys when the storm is drawing near | B |
Like the rolling on of ocean in the eventide of fear | B |
'Tis the people marching on | C |
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Whither go they and whence come they What are these of whom ye tell | D |
In what country are they dwelling 'twixt the gates of heaven and hell | D |
Are they mine or thine for money Will they serve a master well | D |
Still the rumour's marching on | C |
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Hark the rolling of the thunder | E |
Lo the sun and lo thereunder | E |
Riseth wrath and hope and wonder | E |
And the host comes marching on | C |
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Forth they come from grief and torment on they wend toward health and | F |
mirth | G |
All the wide world is their dwelling every corner of the earth | G |
Buy them sell them for thy service Try the bargain what 'tis worth | G |
For the days are marching on | C |
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These are they who build thy houses weave thy raiment win thy wheat | H |
Smooth the rugged fill the barren turn the bitter into sweet | H |
All for thee this day and ever What reward for them is meet | H |
Till the host comes marching on | C |
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Hark the rolling of the thunder | E |
Lo the sun and lo thereunder | E |
Riseth wrath and hope and wonder | E |
And the host comes marching on | C |
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Many a hundred years passed over have they laboured deaf and blind | I |
Never tidings reached their sorrow never hope their toil might find | I |
Now at last they've heard and hear it and the cry comes down the wind | I |
And their feet are marching on | C |
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O ye rich men hear and tremble for with words the sound is rife | J |
Once for you and death we laboured changed henceforward is the strife | J |
We are men and we shall battle for the world of men and life | J |
And our host is marching on | C |
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Hark the rolling of the thunder | E |
Lo the sun and lo thereunder | E |
Riseth wrath and hope and wonder | E |
And the host comes marching on | C |
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Is it war then Will ye perish as the dry wood in the fire | E |
Is it peace Then be ye of us let your hope be our desire | E |
Come and live for life awaketh and the world shall never tire | E |
And hope is marching on | C |
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On we march then we the workers and the rumour that ye hear | E |
Is the blended sound of battle and deliv'rance drawing near | E |
For the hope of every creature is the banner that we bear | E |
And the world is marching on | C |
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Hark the rolling of the thunder | E |
Lo the sun and lo thereunder | E |
Riseth wrath and hope and wonder | E |
And the host comes marching on | C |
William Morris
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