The King Of England Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFDEF GHGHIJKIJK LMLMNOPNOP QRQRSTFSTF| June 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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