Rule Britannia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDECC FGFGCC HIHICC BJBJCC KLKLCC| When Britain first at Heaven's command | A |
| Arose from out the azure main | B |
| This was the charter of the land | A |
| And guardian angels sung this strain | B |
| Rule Britannia rule the waves | C |
| Britons never will be slaves | C |
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| The nations not so blest as thee | D |
| Must in their turns to tyrants fall | E |
| While thou shalt flourish great and free | D |
| The dread and envy of them all | E |
| Rule Britannia rule the waves | C |
| Britons never will be slaves | C |
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| Still more majestic shalt thou rise | F |
| More dreadful from each foreign stroke | G |
| As the loud blast that tears the skies | F |
| Serves but to root thy native oak | G |
| Rule Britannia rule the waves | C |
| Britons never will be slaves | C |
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| Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame | H |
| All their attempts to bend thee down | I |
| Will but arouse thy generous flame | H |
| But work their woe and thy renown | I |
| Rule Britannia rule the waves | C |
| Britons never will be slaves | C |
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| To thee belongs the rural reign | B |
| Thy cities shall with commerce shine | J |
| All thine shall be the subject main | B |
| And every shore it circles thine | J |
| Rule Britannia rule the waves | C |
| Britons never will be slaves | C |
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| The Muses still with freedom found | K |
| Shall to thy happy coast repair | L |
| Blest isle with matchless beauty crown'd | K |
| And manly hearts to guard the fair | L |
| Rule Britannia rule the waves | C |
| Britons never will be slaves | C |
James Thomson
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