On Leaving N - St - D Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDF DGDG HIHJ HKHK LMLM NONP| Through the cracks in these battlements loud the winds whistle | A |
| For the hall of my fathers is gone to decay | B |
| And in yon once gay garden the hemlock and thistle | A |
| Have choak'd up the rose which late bloom'd in the way | B |
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| Of the barons of old who once proudly to battle | A |
| Led their vassals from Europe to Palestine's plain | C |
| The escutcheon and shield which with ev'ry blast rattle | A |
| Are the only sad vestiges now that remain | C |
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| No more does old Robert with harp stringing numbers | D |
| Raise a flame in the breast for the war laurell'd wreath | E |
| Near Askalon's Towers John of Horiston slumbers | D |
| Unnerv'd is the hand of his minstrel by death | F |
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| Paul and Hubert too sleep in the valley of Cressy | D |
| For the safety of Edward and ENGLAND they fell | G |
| My fathers the tears of your country redress ye | D |
| How you fought how you died still her annals can tell | G |
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| On Marston with Rupert 'gainst traitors contending | H |
| Four Brothers enrich'd with their blood the bleak field | I |
| For Charles the Martyr their country defending | H |
| Till death their attachment to royalty scal'd | J |
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| Shades of heroes farewell your descendant departing | H |
| From the seat of his ancestors bids ye adieu | K |
| Abroad or at home your remembrance imparting | H |
| New courage he'll think upon glory and you | K |
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| Though a tear dims his eye at this sad separation | L |
| 'Tis nature not fear which commands his regret | M |
| Far distant he goes with the same emulation | L |
| In the grave he alone can his fathers forget | M |
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| Your fame and your memory still will he cherish | N |
| He vows that he ne'er will disgrace your renown | O |
| Like you will he live or like you will he perish | N |
| When decay'd may he mingle his dust with your own | P |
George Gordon Byron
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