After Waterloo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEF GHIH JCKC LMKM NOPQ FFA RSTUS OBFB TBFB| On the field of Waterloo we made Napoleon rue | A |
| That ever out of Elba he decided for to come | B |
| For we finished him that day and he had to run away | C |
| And yield himself to Maitland on the Billy ruffium | B |
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| Twas a stubborn fight no doubt and the fortune wheeled about | D |
| And the brave Mossoos kept coming most uncomfortable near | E |
| And says Wellington the hero as his hopes went down to zero | F |
| I wish to God that Blooker or the night was only here ' | - |
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| But Blooker came at length and we broke Napoleon's strength | G |
| And the flower of his army that's the old Imperial Guard | H |
| They made a final sally but they found they could not rally | I |
| And at last they broke and fled after fighting bitter hard | H |
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| Now Napoleon he had thought when a British ship he sought | J |
| And gave himself uncalled for in a manner you might say | C |
| He'd be treated like a king with the best of every thing | K |
| And maybe have a palace for to live in every day | C |
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| He was treated very well as became a noble swell | L |
| But we couldn't leave him loose not in Europe anywhere | M |
| For we knew he would be making some gigantic undertaking | K |
| While the trustful British lion was reposing in his lair | M |
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| We tried him once before near the European shore | N |
| Having planted him in Elba where he promised to remain | O |
| But when he saw his chance why he bolted off to France | P |
| And he made a lot of trouble but it wouldn't do again | Q |
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| Says the Prince to him You know far away you'll have to go | F |
| To a pleasant little island off the coast of Africay | F |
| Where they tell me that the view of the ocean deep and blue | A |
| Is remarkable extensive and it's there you'll have to stay ' | - |
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| So Napoleon wiped his eye and he wished the Prince good bye | R |
| And being stony broke made the best of it he could | S |
| And they kept him snugly pensioned where his Royal Highness | T |
| mentioned | U |
| And Napoleon Boneyparty is provided for for good | S |
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| Now of that I don't complain but I ask and ask in vain | O |
| Why me a British soldier as has lost a useful arm | B |
| Through fighting of the foe when the trumpets ceased to blow | F |
| Should be forced to feed the pigs on a little Surrey farm | B |
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| While him as fought with us and created such a fuss | T |
| And in the whole of Europe did a mighty deal of harm | B |
| Should be kept upon a rock like a precious fighting cock | F |
| And be found in beer and baccy which would suit me to a charm | B |
Robert Fuller Murray
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