Waterloo Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFGG HHII| THIS is the day of our glory this is our day to weep | A |
| Under her dusty laurels England stirs in her sleep | A |
| Dreams of her days of honour terrible days that are dead | B |
| Days of the making of story days when the sword was red | B |
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| When all her fate and her future hung on the naked blade | C |
| When by the sword of her children her place in the world was made | C |
| When Honour sounded the trumpet and Valour leapt to obey | D |
| And Heroes bought us the Empire that statesmen would sell to day | D |
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| England wanton and weary sunk in a slothful ease | E |
| Has slain in her wars her thousands but her tens of thousands in peace | F |
| And the cowards grieve for her glory their glory is in their shame | G |
| They are glad of the moth in her banners and the rust on her shining name | G |
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| Oh if the gods would send us a balm for our sick sad years | H |
| Let them send us a sight of the scarlet and the sound of the guns in our ears | H |
| For valour and faith and honour these grow where the red flower grows | I |
| And the leaves for the Nation's healing must spring from the blood of her foes | I |
Edith Nesbit
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