David In The Cave Of Adullam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFGHHIIJJIIKKLM NNKKIIIIIILLIO| David and his three captains bold | A |
| Kept ambush once within a hold | A |
| It was in Adullam's cave | B |
| Nigh which no water they could have | C |
| Nor spring nor running brook was near | D |
| To quench the thirst that parched them there | E |
| Then David king of Israel | F |
| Straight bethought him of a well | G |
| Which stood beside the city gate | H |
| At Bethlem where before his state | H |
| Of kingly dignity he had | I |
| Oft drunk his fill a shepherd lad | I |
| But now his fierce Philistian foe | J |
| Encamped before it he does know | J |
| Yet ne'er the less with heat opprest | I |
| Those three bold captains he addrest | I |
| And wished that one to him would bring | K |
| Some water from his native spring | K |
| His valiant captains instantly | L |
| To execute his will did fly | M |
| Those three brave men the ranks broke through | N |
| Of arm d foes and water drew | N |
| For David their belov d king | K |
| At his own sweet native spring | K |
| Back through their enemies they haste | I |
| With the hard earned treasure graced | I |
| What with such danger they had sought | I |
| With joy unto their king they brought | I |
| But when the good king David found | I |
| What they had done he on the ground | I |
| The water poured 'Because ' said he | L |
| 'That it was at the jeopardy | L |
| Of your three lives this thing ye did | I |
| That I should drink it God forbid ' | O |
Charles Lamb
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