The Splendid Spur Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD EFEFGGHH IJIJAAKK| Not on the neck of prince or hound | A |
| Nor on a woman's finger twin'd | B |
| May gold from the deriding ground | A |
| Keep sacred that we sacred bind | B |
| Only the heel | C |
| Of splendid steel | C |
| Shall stand secure on sliding fate | D |
| When golden navies weep their freight | D |
| - | |
| The scarlet hat the laurell'd stave | E |
| Are measures not the springs of worth | F |
| In a wife's lap as in a grave | E |
| Man's airy notions mix with earth | F |
| Seek other spur | G |
| Bravely to stir | G |
| The dust in this loud world and tread | H |
| Alp high among the whisp'ring dead | H |
| - | |
| Trust in thyself then spur amain | I |
| So shall Charybdis wear a grace | J |
| Grim Aetna laugh the Libyan plain | I |
| Take roses to her shrivell'd face | J |
| This orb this round | A |
| Of sight and sound | A |
| Count it the lists that God hath built | K |
| For haughty hearts to ride a tilt | K |
Arthur Thomas Quiller-couch
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Of Three Children Choosing - A Chaplet Of Verse Poem
Caliban Upon Rudiments[1]. Or Autoschediastic Theology In A Hole Poem>>
Write your comment about The Splendid Spur poem by Arthur Thomas Quiller-couch
Best Poems of Arthur Thomas Quiller-couch