Rimini Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCCDDEEDDE DFAFGFAF H DDADADAD H ICACJCAC H| Marching 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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