Hands All Round Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBCBDBBBEB FGFGHIHIBBEB JKJLMBMBBBEB| First pledge our Queen this solemn night | A |
| Then drink to England every guest | B |
| That man s the best Cosmopolite | B |
| Who loves his native country best | B |
| May freedom s oak for ever live | C |
| With stronger life from day to day | B |
| That man s the true Conservative | D |
| Who lops the moulder d branch away | B |
| Hands all round | B |
| God the traitor s hope confound | B |
| To this great cause of Freedom drink my friends | E |
| And the great name of England round and round | B |
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| To all the loyal hearts who long | F |
| To keep our English Empire whole | G |
| To all our noble sons the strong | F |
| New England of the Southern Pole | G |
| To England under Indian skies | H |
| To those dark millions of her realm | I |
| To Canada whom we love and prize | H |
| Whatever statesman hold the helm | I |
| Hands all round | B |
| God the traitor s hope confound | B |
| To this great name of England drink my friends | E |
| And all her glorious empire round and round | B |
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| To all our statesmen so they be | J |
| True leaders of the land s desire | K |
| To both our Houses may they see | J |
| Beyond the borough and the shire | L |
| We sail d wherever ship could sail | M |
| We founded many a mighty state | B |
| Pray God our greatness may not fail | M |
| Thro craven fears of being great | B |
| Hands all round | B |
| God the traitor s hope confound | B |
| To this great cause of Freedom drink my friends | E |
| And the great name of England round and round | B |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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