Ave, Caesar! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC CCCC CDCD EFEF GHIH JJKKGGAALHMMCCCCNNOO HLPP QQRRCCSTUUVVWWXX| MAY | A |
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| Full in the splendour of this morning hour | B |
| With tramp of men and roll of muffled drums | C |
| In what a pomp and pageantry of power | B |
| Borne to his grave our lord King EDWARD comes | C |
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| In flashing gold and high magnificence | C |
| Lo the proud cavalcade of comrade Kings | C |
| Met here to do the dead KING reverence | C |
| Its solemn tribute of affection brings | C |
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| Heralds and Pursuivants and Men at arms | C |
| Sultan and Paladin and Potentate | D |
| Scarred Captains who have baffled war's alarms | C |
| And Courtiers glittering in their robes of state | D |
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| All in their blazoned ranks with eyes cast down | E |
| Slow pacing in their sorrow pass along | F |
| Where that which bore the sceptre and the crown | E |
| Cleaves at their head the silence of the throng | F |
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| And in a space behind the passing bier | G |
| Looking and longing for his lord in vain | H |
| A little playmate whom the KING held dear | I |
| Caesar the terrier tugs his silver chain | H |
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| Hail Caesar lonely little Caesar hail | J |
| Little for you the gathered Kings avail | J |
| Little you reck as meekly past you go | K |
| Of that solemnity of formal woe | K |
| In the strange silence lo you prick your ear | G |
| For one loved voice and that you shall not hear | G |
| So when the monarchs with their bright array | A |
| Of gold and steel and stars have passed away | A |
| When to their wonted use restored again | L |
| All things go duly in their ordered train | H |
| You shall appeal at each excluding door | M |
| Search through the rooms and every haunt explore | M |
| From lawn to lawn from path to path pursue | C |
| The well loved form that still escapes your view | C |
| At every tree some happy memories rise | C |
| To stir your tail and animate your eyes | C |
| And at each turn with gathering strength endued | N |
| Hope still frustrated must be still renewed | N |
| How should you rest from your appointed task | O |
| Till chance restore the happiness you ask | O |
| Take from your heart the burden ease your pain | H |
| And grant you to your master's side again | L |
| Proud and content if but you could beguile | P |
| His voice to flatter and his face to smile | P |
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| Caesar the kindly days may bring relief | Q |
| Swiftly they pass and dull the edge of grief | Q |
| You too resigned at last may school your mind | R |
| To miss the comrade whom you cannot find | R |
| Never forgetting but as one who feels | C |
| The world has secrets which no skill reveals | C |
| Henceforth whate'er the ruthless fates may give | S |
| You shall be loved and cherished while you live | T |
| Reft of your master little dog forlorn | U |
| To one dear mistress you shall now be sworn | U |
| And in her queenly service you shall dwell | V |
| At rest with one who loved your master well | V |
| And she that gentle lady shall control | W |
| The faithful kingdom of a true dog's soul | W |
| And for the past's dear sake shall still defend | X |
| Caesar the dead KING'S humble little friend | X |
R. C. Lehmann
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