To The King On His Navy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGHIIJJKKLM NNOOPP QQRSII| Where'er thy navy spreads her canvas wings | A |
| Homage to thee and peace to all she brings | A |
| The French and Spaniard when thy flags appear | B |
| Forget their hatred and consent to fear | B |
| So Jove from Ida did both hosts survey | C |
| And when he pleas'd to thunder part the fray | C |
| Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped | D |
| The mightiest still upon the smallest fed | D |
| Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws | E |
| And by that justice hast remov'd the cause | F |
| Of those rude tempests which for rapine sent | G |
| Too oft alas involv'd the innocent | H |
| Now shall the ocean as thy Thames be free | I |
| From both those fates of storms and piracy | I |
| But we most happy who can fear no force | J |
| But winged troops or Pegasean horse | J |
| 'Tis not so hard for greedy foes to spoil | K |
| Another nation as to touch our soil | K |
| Should Nature's self invade the world again | L |
| And o'er the centre spread the liquid main | M |
| Thy power were safe and her destructive hand | N |
| Would but enlarge the bounds of thy command | N |
| Thy dreadful fleet would style thee lord of all | O |
| And ride in triumph o'er the drowned ball | O |
| Those towers of oak o'er fertile plains might go | P |
| And visit mountains where they once did grow | P |
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| The world's restorer once could not endure | Q |
| That finish'd Babel should those men secure | Q |
| Whose pride design'd that fabric to have stood | R |
| Above the reach of any second flood | S |
| To thee His chosen more indulgent He | I |
| Dares trust such power with so much piety | I |
Edmund Waller
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