The American People to the Allies
Florence Earle Coates 1850 (Philadelphia) – 1927 (Philadelphia)
If they tell you that we hold
Right and wrong are much the same:
That with equal share of blame
The defender of the fold
And the ravening wolf we name
Don’t believe it!
If they tell you that we think,
When the robber comes by night
And we see n’neath murderous Might
Innocence unfriended sink,
We should be “too proud to fight”—
Don’t believe it!
If—O gallant souls and true!—
If they tell you we judge well
Ways of Heaven and ways of Hell:
That the honor dear to you
Also in our souls doth dwell—
Oh, believe it!
If they tell you our heart’s cry:
That, whate’er the danger near,
One, one only loss we fear;
And are ready too, to—die
For the things that you hold dear—
Oh, believe it!
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Submitted by naama on July 13, 2020
Modified on March 28, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | abbabC deedeC fggfgC hiihiC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 807 |
Words | 134 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
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