The English Flag Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Above the portico a flag staff bearing the Union Jack	A
remained fluttering in the flames for some time but ultimately	B
when it fell the crowds rent the air with shouts	C
and seemed to see significance in the incident DAILY PAPERS	D
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Winds of the World give answer They are whimpering to and fro	E
And what should they know of England who only England know	E
The poor little street bred people that vapour and fume and brag	F
They are lifting their heads in the stillness to yelp at the English Flag	F
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Must we borrow a clout from the Boer to plaster anew with dirt	G
An Irish liar's bandage or an English coward's shirt	G
We may not speak of England her Flag's to sell or share	H
What is the Flag of England Winds of the World declare	H
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The North Wind blew quot From Bergen my steel shod vanguards go	E
I chase your lazy whalers home from the Disko floe	E
By the great North Lights above me I work the will of God	I
And the liner splits on the ice field or the Dogger fills with cod	I
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quot I barred my gates with iron I shuttered my doors with flame	J
Because to force my ramparts your nutshell navies came	J
I took the sun from their presence I cut them down with my blast	K
And they died but the Flag of England blew free ere the spirit passed	K
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quot The lean white bear hath seen it in the long long Arctic night	L
The musk ox knows the standard that flouts the Northern Light	L
What is the Flag of England Ye have but my bergs to dare	H
Ye have but my drifts to conquer Go forth for it is there quot	L
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The South Wind sighed quot From the Virgins my mid sea course was ta'en	M
Over a thousand islands lost in an idle main	N
Where the sea egg flames on the coral and the long backed breakers croon	O
Their endless ocean legends to the lazy locked lagoon	O
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quot Strayed amid lonely islets mazed amid outer keys	P
I waked the palms to laughter I tossed the scud in the breeze	P
Never was isle so little never was sea so lone	Q
But over the scud and the palm trees an English flag was flown	Q
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quot I have wrenched it free from the halliard to hang for a wisp on the Horn	R
I have chased it north to the Lizard ribboned and rolled and torn	R
I have spread its fold o'er the dying adrift in a hopeless sea	B
I have hurled it swift on the slaver and seen the slave set free	B
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quot My basking sunfish know it and wheeling albatross	S
Where the lone wave fills with fire beneath the Southern Cross	T
What is the Flag of England Ye have but my reefs to dare	H
Ye have but my seas to furrow Go forth for it is there quot	L
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The East Wind roared quot From the Kuriles the Bitter Seas I come	U
And me men call the Home Wind for I bring the English home	V
Look look well to your shipping By the breath of my mad typhoon	O
I swept your close packed Praya and beached your best at Kowloon	O
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quot The reeling junks behind me and the racing seas before	W
I raped your richest roadstead I plundered Singapore	W
I set my hand on the Hoogli as a hooded snake she rose	X
And I flung your stoutest steamers to roost with the startled crows	X
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quot Never the lotus closes never the wild fowl wake	Y
But a soul goes out on the East Wind that died for England's sake	Y
Man or woman or suckling mother or bride or maid	L
Because on the bones of the English the English Flag is stayed	L
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quot The desert dust hath dimmed it the flying wild ass knows	X
The scared white leopard winds it across the taintless snows	X
What is the Flag of England Ye have but my sun to dare	H
Ye have but my sands to travel Go forth for it is there quot	L
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The West Wind called quot In squadrons the thoughtless galleons fly	Z
That bear the wheat and cattle lest street bred people die	Z
They make my might their porter they make my house their path	A2
Till I loose my neck from their rudder and whelm them all in my wrath	A2
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quot I draw the gliding fog bank as a snake is drawn from the hole	B2
They bellow one to the other the frighted ship bells toll	B2
For day is a drifting terror till I raise the shroud with my breath	C2
And they see strange bows above them and the two go locked to death	C2
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quot But whether in calm or wrack wreath whether by dark or day	L
I heave them whole to the conger or rip their plates away	L
First of the scattered legions under a shrieking sky	Z
Dipping between the rollers the English Flag goes by	Z
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quot The dead dumb fog hath wrapped it the frozen dews have kissed	L
The naked stars have seen it a fellow star in the mist	L
What is the Flag of England Ye have but my breath to dare	H
Ye have but my waves to conquer Go forth for it is there quot	L

Rudyard Kipling

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