Song Of The Old Guard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEEFGFG EHEHIGIG JKJKLGLG CLCLLGLG MEMELGLG NONOPGPG| 'And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold of beaten work shall the candlestick be made his shaft and his branches his bowls his knops and his flowers shall be of the same | A |
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| 'And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same and a knop under two branches of the same and a knop under two branches of the same according to the six ranches that proceed out of the candlestick Their knops and their branches shall be of the same ' Exodus | B |
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| 'Know this my brethren Heaven clear | C |
| And all the clouds are gone | D |
| The Proper Sort shall flourish now | E |
| Good times are coming on' | E |
| The evil that was threatened late | F |
| To all of our degree | G |
| Hath passed in discord and debate | F |
| And Hey then up go we | G |
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| A common people strove in vain | E |
| To shame us unto toil | H |
| But they are spent and we remain | E |
| And we shall share the spoil | H |
| According to our several needs | I |
| As Beauty shall decree | G |
| As Age ordains or Birth concedes | I |
| And Hey then up go we | G |
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| And they that with accurs d zeal | J |
| Our Service would amend | K |
| Shall own the odds and come to heel | J |
| Ere worse befall their end | K |
| For though no naked word be wrote | L |
| Yet plainly shall they see | G |
| What pinneth Orders to their coat | L |
| And Hey then up go we | G |
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| Our doorways that in time of fear | C |
| We opened overwide | L |
| Shall softly close from year to year | C |
| Till all be purified | L |
| For though no fluttering fan be heard | L |
| Nor chaff be seen to flee | G |
| The Lord shall winnow the Lord's Preferred | L |
| And Hey then up go we | G |
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| Our altars which the heathen brake | M |
| Shall rankly smoke anew | E |
| And anise mint and cummin take | M |
| Their dread and sovereign due | E |
| Whereby the buttons of our trade | L |
| Shall all restor d be | G |
| With curious work in gilt and braid | L |
| And Hey then up go we | G |
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| Then come my brethren and prepare | N |
| The candlesticks and bells | O |
| The scarlet brass and badger's hair | N |
| Wherein our Honour dwells | O |
| And straitly fence and strictly keep | P |
| The Ark's integrity | G |
| Till Armageddon break our sleep | P |
| And Hey then up go we | G |
Rudyard Kipling
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