Dedication : To The Memory Of Cecil Spring-rice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF G H IJIJ KLK MNMN FF| STEADFAST as any soldier of the line | A |
| He served his England with the imminent death | B |
| Poised at his heart Nor could the world divine | A |
| The constant peril of each burdened breath | B |
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| England and the honour of England he still served | C |
| Walking the strict path with the old high pride | D |
| Of those invincible knights who never swerved | C |
| One hair's breadth from the way until they died | D |
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| Quietness he loved and books and the grave beauty | E |
| Of England's Helicon whose eternal light | F |
| Shines like a lantern on that road of duty | E |
| Discerned by few in this chaotic night | F |
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| And his own pen foretelling his release | G |
| Told us that he foreknew ' the end was peace ' | - |
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| II | H |
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| Soldier of England he shall live unsleeping | I |
| Among his friends with the old proud flag above | J |
| For even to day her honour is in his keeping | I |
| He has joined the hosts that guard her with their love | J |
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| They shine like stars unnumbered happy legions | K |
| In that high realm where all our darkness dies | L |
| He moves with honour in those loftier regions | K |
| Above this ' world of passion and of lies ' | - |
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| For so he called it keeping his own pure passion | M |
| A silent flame before the true and good | N |
| Not fawning on the throng in this world's fashion | M |
| To come and see what all might see who would | N |
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| Soldier of England perfect gentle knight | F |
| The soul of Sidney welcomes you to night | F |
Alfred Noyes
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