Vitai Lampada Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD CECEFDFD GCHCCDCD| There's a breathless hush in the Close to night | A |
| Ten to make and the match to win | B |
| A bumping pitch and a blinding light | A |
| An hour to play and the last man in | B |
| And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat | C |
| Or the selfish hope of a season's fame | D |
| But his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote | C |
| Play up play up and play the game | D |
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| The sand of the desert is sodden red | C |
| Red with the wreck of a square that broke | E |
| The Gatling's jammed and the colonel dead | C |
| And the regiment blind with dust and smoke | E |
| The river of death has brimmed his banks | F |
| And England's far and Honour a name | D |
| But the voice of schoolboy rallies the ranks | F |
| Play up play up and play the game | D |
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| This is the word that year by year | G |
| While in her place the School is set | C |
| Every one of her sons must hear | H |
| And none that hears it dare forget | C |
| This they all with a joyful mind | C |
| Bear through life like a torch in flame | D |
| And falling fling to the host behind | C |
| Play up play up and play the game | D |
Henry Newbolt
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