The Victoria, Lost Off Tripoli, June,1893 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIJ KLKL MNMN OPOP QRQR SBTB UVUV WFWF| Heroes whose days are told | A |
| Above whose bodies brave | B |
| Presses the heavy cold | A |
| And quenching wave | B |
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| Ye sleep but your bright fame | C |
| Blown upon every breeze | D |
| Touches with mournful flame | C |
| The Syrian seas | D |
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| Now all your English land | E |
| Trembles with tears with pride | F |
| Stretching toward you her hand | E |
| O glorified | F |
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| There he that walks alone | G |
| A vision goes with him | H |
| In still field or thronged town | I |
| A solemn dream | J |
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| He sees the placid blue | K |
| Mediterranean shine | L |
| The warships two and two | K |
| In ordered line | L |
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| He sees those consorts vast | M |
| On their doomed circle come | N |
| With held breath and aghast | M |
| The Fleet is dumb | N |
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| For him the moments hang | O |
| His ears the shock await | P |
| On him too a strong pang | O |
| Fastens like fate | P |
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| Transfixt his eyes see then | Q |
| The decks heave lined with free | R |
| Firm ranks weaponless men | Q |
| Matched with the Sea | R |
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| Alas the wound is deep | S |
| Not even spirits so brave | B |
| Their vainly splendid ship | T |
| Keep from the wave | B |
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| On their last farewell cries | U |
| Shines the permitting sun | V |
| With his men Tryon lies | U |
| And all is done | V |
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| Yet through some hearts the prayer | W |
| Thrills O that I had died | F |
| Fallen in glory there | W |
| By comrades' side | F |
Robert Laurence Binyon
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