The Declaration Of London Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCBC DEDEDE FDGDGD DGDGDG GDGDGD| On the reassembling of Parliament after the Coronation the Government have no intention of allowing their followers to vote according to their convictions on the Declaration of London but insist on a strictly party vote Daily Papers | A |
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| We were all one heart and one race | B |
| When the Abbey trumpets blew | C |
| For a moment's breathing space | B |
| We had forgotten you | C |
| Now you return to your honoured place | B |
| Panting to shame us anew | C |
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| We have walked with the Ages dead | D |
| With our Past alive and ablaze | E |
| And you bid us pawn our honour for bread | D |
| This day of all the days | E |
| And you cannot wait till our guests are sped | D |
| Or last week's wreath decays | E |
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| The light is still in our eyes | F |
| Of Faith and Gentlehood | D |
| Of Service and Sacrifice | G |
| And it does not match our mood | D |
| To turn so soon to your treacheries | G |
| That starve our land of her food | D |
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| Our ears still carry the sound | D |
| Of our once Imperial seas | G |
| Exultant after our King was crowned | D |
| Beneath the sun and the breeze | G |
| It is too early to have them bound | D |
| Or sold at your decrees | G |
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| Wait till the memory goes | G |
| Wait till the visions fade | D |
| We may betray in time God knows | G |
| But we would not have it said | D |
| When you make report to our scornful foes | G |
| That we kissed as we betrayed | D |
Rudyard Kipling
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