Laudabunt Alii (after Horace) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL MNMNHH| Let others praise as fancy wills | A |
| Berlin beneath her trees | B |
| Or Rome upon her seven hills | A |
| Or Venice by her seas | B |
| Stamboul by double tides embraced | C |
| Or green Damascus in the waste | C |
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| For me there's nought I would not leave | D |
| For the good Devon land | E |
| Whose orchards down the echoing cleeve | D |
| Bedewed with spray drift stand | E |
| And hardly bear the red fruit up | F |
| That shall be next year's cider cup | F |
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| You too my friend may wisely mark | G |
| How clear skies follow rain | H |
| And lingering in your own green park | G |
| Or drilled on Laffan's Plain | H |
| Forget not with the festal bowl | I |
| To soothe at times your weary soul | I |
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| When Drake must bid to Plymouth Hoe | J |
| Good bye for many a day | K |
| And some were sad and feared to go | J |
| And some that dared not stay | K |
| Be sure he bade them broach the best | L |
| And raised his tankard with the rest | L |
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| Drake's luck to all that sail with Drake | M |
| For promised lands of gold | N |
| Brave lads whatever storms may break | M |
| We've weathered worse of old | N |
| To night the loving cup we'll drain | H |
| To morrow for the Spanish Main | H |
Henry Newbolt
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