To The Troubler Of The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDCDDC| At last we know you War lord You that flung | A |
| The gauntlet down fling down the mask you wore | B |
| Publish your heart and let its pent hate pour | B |
| You that had God for ever on your tongue | A |
| We are old in war and if in guile we are young | A |
| Young also is the spirit that evermore | B |
| Burns in our bosom ev'n as heretofore | B |
| Nor are these thews unbraced these nerves unstrung | A |
| We do not with God's name make wanton play | C |
| We are not on such easy terms with Heaven | D |
| But in Earth's hearing we can verily say | C |
| 'Our hands are pure for peace for peace we have striven' | D |
| And not by Earth shall he be soon forgiven | D |
| Who lit the fire accurst that flames to day | C |
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