A British-roman Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA ABAC ADAD AEAE AFAF GHGH| A D | A |
| quot A Centurion of the Thirtieth quot | A |
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| My father's father saw it not | A |
| And I belike shall never come | B |
| To look on that so holy spot | A |
| That very Rome | C |
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| Crowned by all Time all Art all Might | A |
| The equal work of Gods and Man | D |
| City beneath whose oldest height | A |
| The Race began | D |
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| Soon to send forth again a brood | A |
| Unshakable we pray that clings | E |
| To Rome's thrice hammered hardihood | A |
| In arduous things | E |
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| Strong heart with triple armour bound | A |
| Beat strongly for thy life blood runs | F |
| Age after Age the Empire round | A |
| In us thy Sons | F |
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| Who distant from the Seven Hills | G |
| Loving and serving much require | H |
| Thee thee to guard 'gainst home born ills | G |
| The Imperial Fire | H |
Rudyard Kipling
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