Alfred Austin

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To Arms! (ii) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEFGFA HEHEIJIKFGFG LMLMNONOFGF PQPQRSRSFGFG

Now let the cry To Arms To Arms ''A
Go ringing round the worldB
And swift a wave wide Empire swarmsC
Round Battleflag unfurledB
Wherever glitters Britain's mightD
Or Britain's banner fliesE
Leap up mailed myriads with the lightD
Of manhood in their eyesE
Calling from farmstead mart and strandF
We come And we And weG
That British steel may hold the landF
And British keels the sea ''A
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From English hamlet Irish hillH
Welsh hearths and Scottish byresE
They throng to show that they are stillH
Sons worthy of their siresE
That what these did we still can doI
That what they were we areJ
Whose fathers fought at WaterlooI
And died at TrafalgarK
Shoulder to shoulder see them standF
Wherever menace beG
To guard the lordship of the landF
And the Trident of the seaG
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Nor in the parent Isle aloneL
Spring squadrons from the groundM
Canadian shore and Austral zoneL
With kindred cry resoundM
From shimmering plain and snow fed streamN
Across the deep we comeO
Seeing the British bayonets gleamN
Hearing the British drumO
Foot in the stirrup hilt in handF
Free men to keep men freeG
All all will help to hold the landF
While England guards the sea ''-
-
Comrades in arms from every shoreP
Where thundereth the mainQ
On to the front they press and pourP
To face the rifles' rainQ
To force the foe from covert cragR
And chase them till they fallS
Then plant for ever England's FlagR
Upon the rebel wallS
What Wrench the Sceptre from her handF
And bid her bow the kneeG
Not while her Yeomen guard the landF
And her ironclads the seaG

Alfred Austin



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