The Vault--after Sedgmoor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFHIJIJ DCDCKBKB LCLCMNMN OPOPPOPOYou 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Edith Nesbit
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