The Knight's Pledge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDDBEEBFFBEEBGG BHHB| The tedious night at length hath pass'd | A |
| To horse to horse we'll ride as fast | A |
| As ever bird did fly | B |
| Ha but the morning air is chill | C |
| Frau Wirthin one last goblet fill | C |
| We'll drain it ere we die | B |
| Thou youthful grass why look'st so green | D |
| Soon dyed in blood of mine I ween | D |
| With damask rose thou'lt vie | B |
| The goblet here with sword in hand | E |
| I pledge thee first my Fatherland | E |
| Oh blessed for thee to die | B |
| Again our mailed hands raise the cup | F |
| Freedom to thee we drink it up | F |
| Low may that coward lie | B |
| Who fails to pledge with heart and hand | E |
| The freedom of our glorious Land | E |
| Her Freedom ere we die | B |
| Our wives but ah the glass is clear | G |
| The cannon thunders grasp the spear | G |
| We'll pledge them in a sigh | B |
| Now on the Foe like thunder crash | H |
| We'll scathe them as a lightning flash | H |
| And conquer though we die | B |
Lady Jane Wilde
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