Toast to Dayton
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Love of home, sublimest passion
That the human heart can know!
Changeless still, though fate and fashion
Rise and fall and ebb and flow,
To the glory of our nation,
To the welfare of our state,
Let us all with veneration
Every effort consecrate.
And our city, shall we fail her?
Or desert her gracious cause?
Nay-with loyalty we hail her
And revere her righteous laws.
She shall ever claim our duty,
For she shines-the brightest gem
That has ever decked with beauty
Dear Ohio's diadem.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABACAC DXDXEFEF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 478 |
Words | 88 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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