Epitaph Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDEEFGHH I| On Lord Aubrey Beauclerk in Westminster Abbey | A |
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| Whilst Britain boasts her empire o'er the deep | B |
| This marble shall compel the brave to weep | B |
| As men as Britons and as soldiers mourn | C |
| 'Tis dauntless loyal virtuous Beauclerk's urn | D |
| Sweet were his manners as his soul was great | E |
| And ripe his worth though immature his fate | E |
| Each tender grace that joy and love inspires | F |
| Living he mingled with his martial fires | G |
| Dying he bid Britannia's thunders roar | H |
| And Spain still felt him when he breath'd no more | H |
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| Lord Aubrey Beauclerk was the eighth son of the Duke of St Albans who was one of the sons of King Charles the Second He was born in the year and being regularly bred to the sea service in he was appointed to the command of his majesty's ship the Ludlow Castle and he commanded the Prince Frederick at the attack of the harbour of Carthagena March This young nobleman was one of the most promising commanders in the king's service When on the desperate attack of the castle of Bocca Chica at the entrance of the said harbour he lost his life both his legs being first shot off The prose part of the inscription on his monument was the production of Mrs Mary Jones of Oxford who also wrote a poem on his death printed in her Miscellanies vo R | I |
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