The Reign Of Gold Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDECD FGFGHDHD CICJKDLD LMLMFDFD CLCLLDLD NANALDLD GOGOODOD OAOACDEC| d shed | A |
| It sped over mountains and valleys | B |
| And withered the earth as it sped | A |
| Like a blast in its fell consummation | C |
| Of all that we holy should hold | D |
| Thrilled thrilled thro' the nerves of the | E |
| nation | C |
| A cry for the reign of King Gold | D |
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| Upstarted the chiefs of the city | F |
| And sending it back with a ring | G |
| To the air of a popular ditty | F |
| Erected a throne to the king | G |
| 'Twas based upon fiendish persuasions | H |
| Cemented by crimes manifold | D |
| Embellished by specious ovations | H |
| That dazzled the foes of King Gold | D |
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| The prey of unruly emotion | C |
| The miner and diver go forth | I |
| And the depths of the earth and the ocean | C |
| Are shorn of their lustre and worth | J |
| The mountain is riven asunder | K |
| The days of the valley are told | D |
| And sinew and glory and grandeur | L |
| Are sapped for a smile of King Gold | D |
| - | |
| Beguiled of their native demeanour | L |
| The high rush with heirlooms and bays | M |
| The poor with what gold cannot weigh nor | L |
| The skill of the pedant appraise | M |
| The soldier he spurs with his duty | F |
| And lo by the frenzy made bold | D |
| The damsel she glides with her beauty | F |
| To garnish the brow of King Gold | D |
| - | |
| Accustomed to traffic forbidden | C |
| By honour by heaven each hour | L |
| The purest by conscience unchidden | C |
| Laugh laugh at the noble and pure | L |
| And Chastity rein's in a halter | L |
| Is led to the temple and sold | D |
| Devotion herself at the altar | L |
| Yields homage alone to King Gold | D |
| - | |
| Affection on whose honey blossom | N |
| The child of affliction still fed | A |
| Affection is plucked from the bosom | N |
| And malice implanted instead | A |
| And dark grow the brows of the tender | L |
| And colder the hearts of the cold | D |
| Love pity and justice surrender | L |
| Their charge to the hounds of King Gold | D |
| - | |
| See see from the sear'd earth ascending | G |
| A cloud o'er the welkin expands | O |
| See see 'mid the dense vapour bending | G |
| Pale women with uplifted hands | O |
| Smokes thus to the bridegroom of Circe | O |
| The dear blood of hundreds untold | D |
| Invokes thus the angel of mercy | O |
| A curse on the reign of King Gold | D |
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| It sounded in castle and palace | O |
| It sounded in cottage and shed | A |
| It sped over mountains and alleys | O |
| And withered the earth as it sped | A |
| Like a blast in its fell consummation | C |
| Of all that we holy should hold | D |
| Thrilled thrilled thro' the nerves of the | E |
| nation | C |
| 'Cling clang for the reign of King Gold ' | - |
Joseph Skipsey
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