The Vault'after Sedgmoor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFHIJIJ DCDCKBKB LCLCMNMN OPOPPOPO| You need not call at the Inn | A |
| I have ordered my bed | B |
| Fair linen sheets therein | A |
| And a tester of lead | B |
| No musty fusty scents | C |
| Such as inn chambers keep | D |
| But tapestried with content | E |
| And hung with sleep | D |
| - | |
| My Inn door bears no bar | F |
| Set up against fear | G |
| The guests have journeyed far | F |
| They are glad to be here | H |
| Where the damp arch curves up grey | I |
| Long long shall we lie | J |
| Good King's men all are they | I |
| A King's man I | J |
| - | |
| Old Giles in his stone asleep | D |
| Fought at Poictiers | C |
| Piers Ralph and Roger keep | D |
| The spoil of their fighting years | C |
| I shall lie with my folk at last | K |
| In a quiet bed | B |
| I shall dream of the sword held fast | K |
| In a round capped head | B |
| - | |
| Good tale of men all told | L |
| My Inn affords | C |
| And their hands peace shall hold | L |
| That once held swords | C |
| And we who rode and ran | M |
| On many a loyal quest | N |
| Shall find the goal of man | M |
| A bed and rest | N |
| - | |
| We shall not stand to the toast | O |
| Of Love or King | P |
| We be all too tired to boast | O |
| About anything | P |
| We be dumb that did jest and sing | P |
| We rest who laboured and warred | O |
| Shout once shout once for the King | P |
| Shout once for the sword | O |
E. (edith) Nesbit
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