Analysis of Our Last Grand Camping Ground

Henry Clay Work 1832 (Middletown, Connecticut) – 1884 (Hartford, Connecticut)



On a pebly shore, where forevermore
Gently creeps a music laden wave --
In the meadows green, which beyond are seen,
Camps a conq'ring army, true and brave.
Shining are the weapons of this martial throng --
Crimson died their banner, battleworn so long;
But now they cast them down, and each receives a crown,
Whey they chant their never ending song:

"Our Saviour and our King!
His victories shall ring!
His conquests thro' eternity shall sound!
(And war shall be no)
War (more) shall be no more --
we have reach'd the shore --
Safely reach'd our last grand camping ground."

While thro' lovely dells, grander music swells --
Richer chords from rarer harps of gold --
List that soft refrain, that sweet vocal strain,
Wherein now the victors' deeds are told:
How they toil'd in darkness, battling the wrong --
How, in hours of weakness, Jesus made them strong.
Acknowledg'd as his own he seats them on his throne,
While they join the never ending song.


Scheme ABXBCCXC DDEXAAE XFXFCCXC
Poetic Form
Metre 101111 101010101 001110111 10110101 10101011101 101110111 111111010101 111110101 1010101 110011 111010011 01111 111111 11101 1011011101 1110110101 101110111 1110111101 011010111 11101010001 101011010111 010111111111 111010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 936
Words 171
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 7, 8
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 244
Words per stanza (avg) 56
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry Clay Work

Henry Clay Work was an American composer and songwriter. more…

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