To The King Of Macedonia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADB EBEFEB GBGGGB HBDDDB IBIIIB JKJJJK LBLLLB| Thou may'st with pleasure hail the dawn | A |
| And greet the morning's eye | B |
| Remember king the night comes on | C |
| The fleeting day will soon be gone | A |
| Not distant loud proclaims the funeral tone | D |
| Phillip thou hast to die | B |
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| With thee thy dame the queen of birds | E |
| May spread her wing to fly | B |
| Or smile to trace the numerous herds | E |
| Thunders from the Lord of lords | F |
| I hear some peal surpassing human words | E |
| Philip thou hast to die | B |
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| Thou mayst thy mighty host survey | G |
| And neighboring kings defy | B |
| Whilst round thy retinues flit gay | G |
| Beneath thy pomp's imperial ray | G |
| Make merry on the tide of joy to day | G |
| To morrow thou shalt die | B |
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| I heave to hear the day's last peal | H |
| A sorrow teeming sigh | B |
| The morning's flutt'ring bird has flown | D |
| The roses fade so quickly blown | D |
| The lofty king falls robeless from his throne | D |
| Philip was born to die | B |
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| 'Twas thus the haughty king of France | I |
| Strove to ascend on high | B |
| Lifting his adamantine lance | I |
| He bade his dauntless war horse prance | I |
| Defied the world and rode the car of chance | I |
| To rage to fume and die | B |
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| Thus vile thus obstinately vain | J |
| He pours his distant brag | K |
| Regardless of his millions slain | J |
| Regales his pale surviving train | J |
| Was but wraped in his infernal chain | J |
| Dies on the ocean crag | K |
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| This faithful lesson read to all | L |
| Creation far and nigh | B |
| It is the fate from Adam's fall | L |
| The swain the king the low and tall | L |
| The watchman of the grave must give the call | L |
| Mortal thou hast to die | B |
George Moses Horton
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