Poet Henry Newbolt

Henry Newbolt

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Ionicus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHDHE IJIJKDKE

With failing feet and shoulders bowedA
Beneath the weight of happier daysB
He lagged among the heedless crowdA
Or crept along suburban waysB
But still through all his heart was youngC
His mood a joy that nought could marD
A courage a pride a rapture sprungC
Of the strength and splendour of England's warE
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From ill requited toil he turnedF
To ride with Picton and with PackG
Among his grammars inly burnedF
To storm the Afghan mountain trackG
When midnight chimed before QuebecH
He watched with Wolfe till the morning starD
At noon he saw from Victory's deckH
The sweep and splendour of England's warE
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Beyond the book his teaching spedI
He left on whom he taught the traceJ
Of kinship with the deathless deadI
And faith in all the Island RaceJ
He passed his life a tangle seemedK
His age from fame and power was farD
But his heart was night to the end and dreamedK
Of the sound and splendour of England's warE

Henry Newbolt



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