Ode To Valour Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDBECBDDD FGHHGIIFJJDDKLLEEK MNMNOOPPQQRR DHDHSSTUUV WXNWXNMMYY TZDDA2OA2OB2C2 D2D2NNE2E2C2D2D2B F2UD2D2F2UG2G2D2D2 H2H2I2I2J2K2L2L2D2D2| Inscribed to Colonel Banastre Tarleton | A |
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| TRANSCENDENT VALOUR godlike Pow'r | B |
| Lord of the dauntless breast and stedfast mien | C |
| Who rob'd in majesty sublime | D |
| Sat in thy eagle wafted car | B |
| And led the hardy sons of war | E |
| With head erect and eye serene | C |
| Amidst the arrowy show'r | B |
| When unsubdued from clime to clime | D |
| YOUNG AMMON taught exulting Fame | D |
| O'er earth's vast space to sound the glories of thy name | D |
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| ILLUSTRIOUS VALOUR from whose glance | F |
| Each recreant passion shrinks dismay'd | G |
| To whom benignant Heaven consign'd | H |
| All that can elevate the mind | H |
| 'Tis THINE in radiant worth array'd | G |
| To rear thy glitt'ring helmet high | I |
| And with intrepid front defy | I |
| Stern FATE's uplifted arm and desolating lance | F |
| When from the CHAOS of primeval Night | J |
| This wond'rous ORB first sprung to light | J |
| And pois'd amid the sphery clime | D |
| By strong Attraction's pow'r sublime | D |
| Its whirling course began | K |
| With sacred spells encompass'd round | L |
| Each element observ'd its bound | L |
| Earth's solid base huge promontories bore | E |
| Curb'd OCEAN roar'd clasp'd by the rocky shore | E |
| And midst metallic fires translucent rivers ran | K |
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| All nature own'd th'OMNIPOTENT's command | M |
| Luxuriant blessings deck'd the vast domain | N |
| HE bade the budding branch expand | M |
| And from the teeming ground call'd forth the cherish'd grain | N |
| Salubrious springs from flinty caverns drew | O |
| Enamell'd verdure o'er the landscape threw | O |
| HE taught the scaly host to glide | P |
| Sportive amidst the limpid tide | P |
| HIS breath sustain'd the EAGLE's wing | Q |
| With vocal sounds bade hills and valleys ring | Q |
| Then with his Word supreme awoke to birth | R |
| THE HUMAN FORM SUBLIME THE SOV'REIGN LORD OF EARTH | R |
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| VALOUR thy pure and sacred flame | D |
| Diffus'd its radiance o'er his mind | H |
| From THEE he learnt the fiery STEED to tame | D |
| And with a flow'ry band the speckled PARD to bind | H |
| Guarded by Heaven's eternal shield | S |
| He taught each living thing to yield | S |
| Wond'ring yet undismay'd he stood | T |
| To mark the SUN's fierce fires decay | U |
| Fearless he saw the TYGER play | U |
| While at his stedfast gaze the LION crouch'd subdued | V |
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| From age to age on FAME's bright roll | W |
| Thy glorious attributes have shone | X |
| Thy influence soothes the soldier's pain | N |
| Whether beneath the freezing pole | W |
| Or basking in the torrid zone | X |
| Upon the barren thirsty plain | N |
| Led by thy firm and daring hand | M |
| O'er wastes of snow o'er burning sand | M |
| INTREPID TARLETON chas'd the foe | Y |
| And smil'd in DEATH's grim face and brav'd his with'ring blow | Y |
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| When late on CALPE's rock stern VICT'RY stood | T |
| Hurling swift vengeance o'er the bounding flood | Z |
| Each winged bolt illum'd a flame | D |
| IBERIA's vaunting sons to tame | D |
| While o'er the dark unfathom'd deep | A2 |
| The blasts of desolation blew | O |
| Fierce lightnings hov'ring round the frowning steep | A2 |
| 'Midst the wild waves their fatal arrows threw | O |
| Loud roar'd the cannon's voice with ceaseless ire | B2 |
| While the vast BULWARK glow'd a PYRAMID OF FIRE | C2 |
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| Then in each BRITON's gallant breast | D2 |
| Benignant VIRTUE shone confest | D2 |
| When Death spread wide his direful reign | N |
| And shrieks of horror echoed o'er the main | N |
| Eager they flew their wretched foes to save | E2 |
| From the dread precincts of a whelming grave | E2 |
| THEN VALOUR was thy proudest hour | C2 |
| THEN didst thou like a radiant GOD | D2 |
| Check the keen rigours of th' avenging rod | D2 |
| And with soft MERCY's hand subdue the scourge of POW'R | B |
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| When fading in the grasp of Death | F2 |
| ILLUSTRIOUS WOLFE on earth's cold bosom lay | U |
| His anxious soldiers thronging round | D2 |
| Bath'd with their tears each gushing wound | D2 |
| As on his pallid lip the fleeting breath | F2 |
| In faint and broken accents stole away | U |
| Loud shouts of TRIUMPH fill'd the skies | G2 |
| To Heaven he rais'd his gratelul eyes | G2 |
| 'TIS VIC'TRY'S VOICE the Hero cried | D2 |
| I THANK THEE BOUNTEOUS HEAVEN then smiling DIED | D2 |
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| TARLETON thy mind above the POET's praise | H2 |
| Asks not the labour'd task of flatt'ring lays | H2 |
| As the rare GEM with innate lustre glows | I2 |
| As round the OAK the gadding Ivy grows | I2 |
| So shall THY WORTH in native radiance live | J2 |
| So shall the MUSE spontaneous incense give | K2 |
| Th' HISTORIC page shall prove a lasting shrine | L2 |
| Where Truth and Valour shall THY laurels twine | L2 |
| Where with thy name recording FAME shall blend | D2 |
| The ZEALOUS PATRIOT and the FAITHFUL FRIEND | D2 |
Mary Darby Robinson
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