On Leaving Newstead Abbey Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC BABA DEDF DGDG HIHI HJHJ AKAK LALA| 'Why dost thou build the hall son of the winged days Thou lookest from thy tower to day yet a few years and the blast of the desert comes it howls in thy empty court ' Ossian | A |
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| Through thy battlements Newstead the hollow winds whistle | B |
| Thou the hall of my fathers art gone to decay | C |
| In thy once smiling garden the hemlock and thistle | B |
| Have choked up the rose which late bloom'd in the way | C |
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| Of the mail cover'd Barons who proudly to battle | B |
| Led their vassals from Europe to Palestine's plain | A |
| The escutcheon and shield which with every blast rattle | B |
| Are the only sad vestiges now that remain | A |
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| No more doth 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 Horistan slumbers | D |
| Unnerved 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 the rights of a monarch their country defending | H |
| Till death their attachment to royalty seal'd | I |
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| Shades of heroes farewell your descendant departing | H |
| From the seat of his ancestors bids you adieu | J |
| Abroad or at home your remebrance imparting | H |
| New courage he'll think upon glory and you | J |
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| Though a tear dim his eye at this sad separation | A |
| 'Tis nature not fear that excites his regret | K |
| Far distant he goes with the same emulation | A |
| The fame of his fathers he ne'er can forget | K |
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| That fame and that memory still will he cherish | L |
| He vows that he ne'er will disgrace your renown | A |
| Like you will he live or like you will he perish | L |
| When decay'd may he mingle his dust with your own | A |
George Gordon Byron
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