Ballad Of Lieges Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCBC| Son of our King When yoemen sailed | A |
| From Britain to expand her sway | B |
| The coward from High venture quailed | A |
| The weakling sank beside the way | B |
| None save the strong in that far day | B |
| The brave stood clear eyed at the prow | C |
| To plan such parts as venturers play | B |
| Here be their kin who greet you now | C |
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| Britain had failed if these had failed | A |
| Stout pioneers whose sterner clay | B |
| Reckless of that the task entailed | A |
| Faced the unknown with no dismay | B |
| Out to vast wildernesses they | B |
| Blazed pain strewn paths for axe plough | C |
| To earn this fruitful century's pay | B |
| Here be their kin who greet you now | C |
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| When o'er an Empire bugles wailed | A |
| To summon liegemen to the fray | B |
| In sons the olden urge prevailed | A |
| Nor life nor love might bid them stay | B |
| Unblooded in red war's array | B |
| They proved the breed they kept the vow | C |
| They paid the price as liegemen may | B |
| Here be their kin who greet you now | C |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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