Arms And The Man. - "the Marquis." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFF GHCC| The Brave young Marquis second but to one | A |
| For whom he felt the reverence of a son | A |
| Rides at the head of his division proud | B |
| A ray of Glory painted on the cloud | B |
| Mad Anthony is there and Knox but why | C |
| Great names like battle flags attempt to fly | C |
| Who sings of skies lit up by Jove and Mars | D |
| Thinks not to chant a catalogue of stars | D |
| I bow me low and bowing low I pass | E |
| Unnumbered heroes in unnumbered mass | E |
| While at their head in grave and sober state | F |
| Rides one whom Time has found completely great | F |
| Master of Fortune and the match of Fate | F |
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| Then Tilghman mounted on these Plains of York | G |
| Swift sped away as speeds the homing hawk | H |
| And soon 'twas his to wake that watchman's cry | C |
| That woke all Nations and shall never die | C |
James Barron Hope
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