Rimini Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCCDDEEDDE DFAFGFAF H DDADADAD H ICACJCAC HMarching Song of a Roman Legion of the Later Empire | A |
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When I left Rome for Lalage's sake | B |
By the Legions' Road to Rimini | C |
She vowed her heart was mine to take | B |
With me and my shield to Rimini | C |
Till the Eagles flew from Rimini | C |
And I've tramped Britain and I've tramped Gaul | D |
And the Pontic shore where the snow flakes fall | D |
As white as the neck of Lalage | E |
As cold as the heart of Lalage | E |
And I've lost Britain and I've lost Gaul | D |
And I've lost Rome and worst of all | D |
I've lost Lalage | E |
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When you go by the Via Aurelia | D |
As thousands have traveled before | F |
Remember the Luck of the Soldier | A |
Who never saw Rome any more | F |
Oh dear was the sweetheart that kissed him | G |
And dear was the mother that bore | F |
But his shield was picked up in the heather | A |
And he never saw Rome any more | F |
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And he left Rome etc | H |
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When you go by the Via Aurelia | D |
That runs from the City to Gaul | D |
Remember the Luck of the Soldier | A |
Who rose to be master of all | D |
He carried the sword and the buckler | A |
He mounted his guard on the Wall | D |
Till the Legions elected him Caesar | A |
And he rose to be master of all | D |
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And he left Rome etc | H |
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It's twenty five marches to Narbo | I |
It's forty five more up the Rhone | C |
And the end may be death in the heather | A |
Or life on an Emperor's throne | C |
But whether the Eagles obey us | J |
Or we go to the Ravens alone | C |
I'd sooner be Lalage's lover | A |
Than sit on an Emperor's throne | C |
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We've all left Rome for Lalage's sake etc | H |
Rudyard Kipling
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