Death Of Wolfe.
"They run! they run!" - "Who run?" Not they
Who faced that decimating fire
As coolly as if human ire
Were rooted from their hearts;
They run, while he who led the way
So bravely on that glorious day,
Burns for one word with keen desire
Ere waning life departs!
"They run! they run!" - "Who run?" he cried,
As swiftly to his pallid brow,
Like crimson sunlight upon snow,
The anxious blood returned;
"The French! the French!" a voice replied,
When quickly paled life's ebbing tide,
And though his words were weak and low
His eye with valour burned.
"Thank God! I die in peace," he said;
And calmly yielding up his breath,
There trod the shadowy realms of death
A good man and a brave;
Through all the regions of the dead,
Behold his spirit, spectre-led,
Crowned with the amaranthine wreath
That blooms not for the slave.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXCAABC DXEFDDEF GHHIGGXI |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 807 |
Words | 157 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
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