Wardens Of The Wave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJKJLMLN OPOPQR R| Not to exult in braggart vein | A |
| Over a gallant foe | B |
| Or boast of triumphs on the main | A |
| The Gods alone bestow | B |
| Vainglorious clarion clamorous drum | C |
| For which the vulgar crave | D |
| Not these not any such become | C |
| The Wardens of the Wave | D |
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| No but when slumbering war dogs wake | E |
| To the last gasp of breath | F |
| Face combat for one's Country's sake | E |
| With male disdain of death | F |
| For this did Nelson live and die | G |
| Far from his Land and home | H |
| Making his roof tree of the sky | G |
| His pillow on the foam | H |
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| And if our race to day recall | I |
| His last triumphant doom | J |
| Place wreaths on his unfading pall | K |
| And flowers upon his tomb | J |
| 'Tis to remind us still to keep | L |
| Aggression's lust in awe | M |
| And with dominion of the deep | L |
| Guard Freedom Peace and Law | N |
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| And not alone upon the waves | O |
| That sentinel our shore | P |
| Service that disciplines not enslaves | O |
| Should rule us as of yore | P |
| So that our Island Citadel | Q |
| May tranquilly respond | R |
| With the calm signal All is well '' | - |
| To every Sea Beyond | R |
Alfred Austin
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