Ballade To Our Lady Of Czestochowa Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABAABBA A BABAABBA A BCBAABBA A BABA| I | A |
| - | |
| Lady and Queen and Mystery manifold | B |
| And very Regent of the untroubled sky | A |
| Whom in a dream St Hilda did behold | B |
| And heard a woodland music passing by | A |
| You shall receive me when the clouds are high | A |
| With evening and the sheep attain the fold | B |
| This is the faith that I have held and hold | B |
| And this is that in which I mean to die | A |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| Steep are the seas and savaging and cold | B |
| In broken waters terrible to try | A |
| And vast against the winter night the wold | B |
| And harbourless for any sail to lie | A |
| But you shall lead me to the lights and I | A |
| Shall hymn you in a harbour story told | B |
| This is the faith that I have held and hold | B |
| And this is that in which I mean to die | A |
| - | |
| III | A |
| - | |
| Help of the half defeated House of gold | B |
| Shrine of the Sword and Tower of Ivory | C |
| Splendour apart supreme and aureoled | B |
| The Battler's vision and the World's reply | A |
| You shall restore me O my last Ally | A |
| To vengence and the glories of the bold | B |
| This is the faith that I have held and hold | B |
| And this is that in which I mean to die | A |
| - | |
| Envoi | A |
| - | |
| Prince of the degradations bought and sold | B |
| These verses written in your crumbling sty | A |
| Proclaim the faith that I have held and hold | B |
| And publish that in which I mean to die | A |
Hilaire Belloc
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