On A Soldier Fallen In The Philippines Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCACBDD EFEFGHGHIJ KLKMNONLPP| Streets of the roaring town | A |
| Hush for him hus be still | B |
| He comes who was stricken down | A |
| Doing the word of our will | B |
| Hush Let him have his state | C |
| Give him his soldier's crown | A |
| The grists of trade can wait | C |
| Their grinding at the mill | B |
| But he cannot wait for his honor now the trumpet has been blown | D |
| Wreathe pride now for his granite brow lay love on his breast of stone | D |
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| Toll Let the great bells toll | E |
| Till the clashing air is dim | F |
| Did we wrong this parted soul | E |
| We will make it up to him | F |
| Toll Let him never guess | G |
| What work we set him to | H |
| Laurel laurel yes | G |
| He did waht we bade him do | H |
| Praise and never a whispered hint but the fight he fought was good | I |
| Never a word that the blood on his sword was his country's own heart's blood | J |
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| A flag for the soldier's bier | K |
| Who dies that his land may live | L |
| O banners banners here | K |
| That he doubt not nor misgive | M |
| That he heed not from the tomb | N |
| The evil days draw near | O |
| When the nation robed in gloom | N |
| With its faithless past shall strive | L |
| Let him never dream that his bullet's scream went wide of its island mark | P |
| Home to the heart of his darling land where she stumbled and sinned in the dark | P |
William Vaughn Moody
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