Slave And Emperor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDECED FAGGGA HIJJHI KDDDD CAECEACA| 'Our cavalry have rescued Nazareth from the enemy whose supermen | A |
| described Christianity as a creed for slaves ' | B |
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| The Emperor mocked at Nazareth | C |
| In his almighty hour | D |
| The Slave that bowed himself to death | E |
| And walked with slaves in Nazareth | C |
| What were his words but wasted breath | E |
| Before that 'will to power' | D |
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| Yet in the darkest hour of all | F |
| When black defeat began | A |
| The Emperor heard the mountains quake | G |
| He felt the graves beneath him shake | G |
| He watched his legions rally and break | G |
| And he whimpered as they ran | A |
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| 'I hear a shout that moves the earth | H |
| A cry that wakes the dead | I |
| Will no one tell me whence they come | J |
| For all my messengers are dumb | J |
| What power is this that comes to birth | H |
| And breaks my power ' he said | I |
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| Then all around his foundering guns | K |
| Though dawn was now not far | D |
| The darkness filled with a living fear | D |
| That whispered at the Emperor's ear | D |
| ' The armies of the dead draw near | D |
| Beneath an eastern star ' | - |
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| The trumpet blows in Nazareth | C |
| The Slave is risen again | A |
| Across the bitter wastes of death | E |
| The horsemen ride from Nazareth | C |
| And the Power we mocked as wasted breath | E |
| Returns in power to reign | A |
| Rides on in white through Nazareth | C |
| To save His world again | A |
Alfred Noyes
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