Langemarck



A glory lights the skies of Flanders
Where the blood-stained fields lie bare,
Where the clouds of war have gathered,
Built their parapets in the air;
Halted stands the Teuton army,
Checked its onslaught at a sign;
Forward roll the warlike forces,
Sons of Canada in line.
  
Let them taste of Northern courage
Where the lordly maple grows;
Let them face the heroes nurtured
Where the stars have wed the snows;
We are sons of sires undaunted,
Children of the hills and plains;
Ours a courage born of duty,
Pluck and dash of many strains.
  
Tell it to our children's children
How Canadians saved the day;
Write it with the pen of history,
Sing it as a fireside lay;
How at Langemarck in Flanders,
Though the odds were eight to one,
Our Canadians stood unbroken,
Sword to sword, and gun to gun.
  
For Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
  
  
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCBDEXE XFCFXGDG HIDIAHHH B
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 800
Words 150
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 1

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