On The Jubilee Of Queen Victoria Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCD A EFGHDEEF A IEF J KLLLFLLEFF F LFL J EFKLDFLLEFF J LEC J LFFELLEEFF E EED E LFDECCCFCE F EEFMEE| I | A |
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| Fifty times the rose has flower'd and faded | B |
| Fifty times the golden harvest fallen | C |
| Since our Queen assumed the globe the sceptre | D |
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| II | A |
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| She beloved for a kindliness | E |
| Rare in fable or history | F |
| Queen and Empress of India | G |
| Crown'd so long with a diadem | H |
| Never worn by a worthier | D |
| Now with prosperous auguries | E |
| Comes at last to the bounteous | E |
| Crowning year of her Jubilee | F |
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| III | A |
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| Nothing of the lawless of the despot | I |
| Nothing of the vulgar or vainglorious | E |
| All is gracious gentle great and queenly | F |
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| IV | J |
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| You then joyfully all of you | K |
| Set the mountain aflame to night | L |
| Shoot your stars to the firmament | L |
| Deck your houses illuminate | L |
| All your towns for a festival | F |
| And in each let a multitude | L |
| Loyal each to the heart of it | L |
| One full voice of allegiance | E |
| Hail the fair Ceremonial | F |
| Of this year of her Jubilee | F |
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| V | F |
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| Queen as true to womanhood as Queenhood | L |
| Glorying in the glories of her people | F |
| Sorrowing with the sorrows of the lowest | L |
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| VI | J |
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| You that wanton in affluence | E |
| Spare not now to be bountiful | F |
| Call your poor to regale with you | K |
| All the lowly the destitute | L |
| Make their neighborhood healthfuller | D |
| Give your gold to the hospital | F |
| Let the weary be comforted | L |
| Let the needy be banqueted | L |
| Let the maim'd in his heart rejoice | E |
| At this glad Ceremonial | F |
| And this year of her Jubilee | F |
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| VII | J |
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| Henry's fifty years are all in shadow | L |
| Gray with distance Edward's fifty summers | E |
| Even her Grandsire's fifty half forgotten | C |
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| VIII | J |
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| You the Patriot Architect | L |
| You that shape for eternity | F |
| Raise a stately memorial | F |
| Make it regally gorgeous | E |
| Some Imperial Institute | L |
| Rich in symbol in ornament | L |
| Which may speak to the centuries | E |
| All the centuries after us | E |
| Of this great Ceremonial | F |
| And this year of her Jubilee | F |
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| IX | E |
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| Fifty years of ever broadening Commerce | E |
| Fifty years of ever brightening Science | E |
| Fifty years of ever widening Empire | D |
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| X | E |
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| You the Mighty the Fortunate | L |
| You the Lord territorial | F |
| You the Lord manufacturer | D |
| You the hardy laborious | E |
| Patient children of Albion | C |
| You Canadian Indian | C |
| Australasian African | C |
| All your hearts be in harmony | F |
| All your voices in unison | C |
| Singing 'Hail to the glorious | E |
| Golden year of her Jubilee ' | - |
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| XI | F |
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| Are there thunders moaning in the distance | E |
| Are there spectres moving in the darkness | E |
| Trust the Hand of Light will lead her people | F |
| Till the thunders pass the spectres vanish | M |
| And the Light is Victor and the darkness | E |
| Dawns into the Jubilee of the Ages | E |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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