Wellington Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLGMENOPQE RSRTUEVW| Great captain if you will great Duke great Slave | A |
| Great minion of the crown but a great man | B |
| He was not He the iron instrument | C |
| Of mere authority the atheist | D |
| Of a conventional and most earthy duty | E |
| To whom the powers that be were simply not | F |
| Of God but in His stead Shall we belie | G |
| All righteous instinct and profane all truth | H |
| By calling great a man without a soul | I |
| One who apart from the despotic wills | J |
| Of crowned oppressors knew no right no wrong | K |
| No faith no country and no brotherhood | L |
| If such a man were great may God most High | G |
| Spare henceforth to our universal race | M |
| All greatness seeing it may sometimes be | E |
| A rigid kindiess battlement of Power | N |
| Self throned and sanctioned only by the sword | O |
| And if' as Englishmen are proud to boast | P |
| He was their greatest countryman alas | Q |
| For England's national sterility | E |
| But they who thus belaud him lie as all | R |
| True patriots most feelingly perceive | S |
| Besides he was not England's son at all | R |
| He was an Irishman with whom the name | T |
| Of Ireland was a scoff An Irishman | U |
| Who for a hireling's meed and ministry | E |
| Could tear away from his inhuman heart | V |
| The pleading image of his native land | W |
Charles Harpur
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