The King Of England Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFDEF GHGHIJKIJK LMLMNOPNOP QRQRSTFSTFJune th | A |
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In that eclipse of noon when joy was hushed | B |
Like the bird's song beneath unnatural night | C |
And Terror's footfall in the darkness crushed | B |
The rose imperial of our delight | C |
Then even then though no man cried He comes | D |
And no man turned to greet him passing there | E |
With phantom heralds challenging renown | F |
And silent throbbing drums | D |
I saw the King of England hale and fair | E |
Ride out with a great train through London town | F |
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Unarmed he rode but in his ruddy shield | G |
The lions bore the dint of many a lance | H |
And up and down his mantle's azure field | G |
Were strewn the lilies plucked in famous France | H |
Before him went with banner floating wide | I |
The yeoman breed that served his honour best | J |
And mixed with these his knights of noble blood | K |
But in the place of pride | I |
His admirals in billowy lines abreast | J |
Convoyed him close like galleons on the flood | K |
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Full of a strength unbroken showed his face | L |
And his brow calm with youth's unclouded dawn | M |
But round his lips were lines of tenderer grace | L |
Such as no hand but Time's hath ever drawn | M |
Surely he knew his glory had no part | N |
In dull decay nor unto Death must bend | O |
Yet surely too of lengthening shadows dreamed | P |
With sunset in his heart | N |
So brief his beauty now so near the end | O |
And now so old and so immortal seemed | P |
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O King among the living these shall hail | Q |
Sons of thy dust that shall inherit thee | R |
O King of men that die though we must fail | Q |
Thy life is breathed from thy triumphant sea | R |
O man that servest men by right of birth | S |
Our hearts' content thy heart shall also keep | T |
Thou too with us shalt one day lay thee down | F |
In our dear native earth | S |
Full sure the King of England while we sleep | T |
For ever rides abroad through London town | F |
Henry Newbolt
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