Henry John Newbolt, Sir

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Minora Sidera Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN

The Dictionary Of National BiographyA
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Sitting at times over a hearth that burnsB
With dull domestic glowC
My thought leaving the book gratefully turnsB
To you who planned it soC
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Not of the great only you deigned to tellD
The stars by which we steerE
But lights out of the night that flashed and fellD
Tonight again are hereF
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Such as were those dogs of an elder dayG
Who sacked the golden portsH
And those later who dared grapple their preyG
Beneath the harbour fortsH
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Some with flag at the fore sweeping the worldI
To find an equal fightJ
And some who joined war to their trade and hurledI
Ships of the line in flightJ
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Whether their fame centuries long should ringK
They cared not over muchL
But cared greatly to serve God and the kingK
And keep the Nelson touchL
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And fought to build Britain above the tideM
Of wars and windy fateN
And passed content leaving to us the prideM
Of lives obscurely greatN

Henry John Newbolt, Sir



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