The Irish Guards Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEDFDGHGHH DIJIKLMNGHGHH KOHOPKPQGHGHH KGRGDDFDSTSTGHGHHA | |
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We're not so old in the Army List | B |
But we're not so young at our trade | C |
For we had the honour at Fontenoy | D |
Of meeting the Guards' Brigade | C |
'Twas Lally Dillon Bulkeley Clare | E |
And Lee that led us then | D |
And after a hundred and seventy years | F |
We're fighting for France again | D |
Old Days The wild geese are flighting | G |
Head to fhe sform as they faced if before | H |
For where there are Irish there's bound to be fighting | G |
And when there's no fighting it's Ireland no more | H |
Ireland no more | H |
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The fashion's all for khaki now | D |
But once through France we went | I |
Full dressed in scarlet Army cloth | J |
The English left at Ghent | I |
They're fighting on our side to day | K |
But before they changed their clothes | L |
The half of Europe knew our fame | M |
As all of Ireland knows | N |
Old Days The wild geese are flying | G |
Head to the sform as they faced it before | H |
For where there are Irish there's memory undying | G |
And when we forget it is Ireland no more | H |
Ireland no more | H |
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From Barry Wood to Gouzeaucourt | K |
From Boyne to Pilkem Ridge | O |
The ancient days come back no more | H |
Than water under the bridge | O |
But the bridge it stands and the water runs | P |
As red as yesterday | K |
And the Irish move to the sound of the guns | P |
Like salmon to the sea | Q |
Old Days The wild geese are ranging | G |
Head to fhe storm as they faced it before | H |
For where there are Irish their hearts are unchanging | G |
And when they are changed it is Ireland no more | H |
Ireland no more | H |
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We're not so old in the Army List | K |
But we're not so new in the ring | G |
For we carried our packs with Marshal Saxe | R |
When Louis was our King | G |
But Douglas Haig's our Marshal now | D |
And we're King George's men | D |
And after one hundred and seventy years | F |
We're fighting for France again | D |
Ah France And did we stand by you | S |
When life was made splendid with gifts and rewards | T |
Ah France And will we deny you | S |
In the hour of your agony Mother of Swords | T |
Old Days The wild geese are flighing | G |
Head to the storm as they faced it before | H |
For where there are Irish there's loving and fighting | G |
And when we stop either it's Ireland no more | H |
Ireland no more | H |
Rudyard Kipling
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