Sadowa - July 1866 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ KL| Wet cheerless was our bivouac last eve but still we spoke | A |
| Of fighting and of winning to morrow when day broke | A |
| That day the thundering echoes of cannon in our front | B |
| Had louder grown until around had raged the battle's brunt | B |
| At last the carnage ended and our regiment's retreat | C |
| Was marked by many wounded who shrieked beneath our feet | C |
| But here in closer order rides past a Lancer Troop | D |
| They had but late been charging like falcons when they swoop | D |
| How few there are remaining Now the river's bank is gained | E |
| The Trumpeter's white charger with blood on neck is stained | E |
| His snowy flanks are heaving he shudders on the brink | F |
| Then gently urged he halts again and stoops his head to drink | F |
| He cannot ford the river for lost are strength and speed | G |
| The Trumpeter dismounted now swims beside his steed | G |
| Together they have struggled he will not let him die | H |
| And soon he stands beside him though the balls are rushing by | H |
| He takes him by the bridle would lead him to the town | I |
| Too late for life is ebbing the gallant steed is down | I |
| Ah long I saw that horseman kneel by his charger's head | J |
| And when at last he left him I knew the horse was dead | J |
| How fiercely as he passes that comrade on the plain | K |
| Remounted on the morrow shall sound the charge again | L |
John Campbell
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