Honor Among Scamps
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
We are the smirched. Queen Honor is the spotless.
We slept thro' wars where Honor could not sleep.
We were faint-hearted. Honor was full-valiant.
We kept a silence Honor could not keep.
Yet this late day we make a song to praise her.
We, codeless, will yet vindicate her code.
She who was mighty, walks with us, the beggars.
The merchants drive her out upon the road.
She makes a throne of sod beside our campfire.
We give the maiden-queen our rags and tears.
A battered, rascal guard have rallied round her,
To keep her safe until the better years.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA BCXC BXBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 557 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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