The Press Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHGHIEJE KLKLMEME NONPQRQE SBSBTETE| The Soldier may forget his Sword | A |
| The Sailorman the Sea | B |
| The Mason may forget the Word | C |
| And the Priest his Litany | B |
| The Maid may forget both jewel and gem | D |
| And the Bride her wedding dress | E |
| But the Jew shall forget Jerusalem | F |
| Ere we forget the Press | E |
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| Who once hath stood through the loaded hour | G |
| Ere roaring like the gale | H |
| The Harrild and the Hoe devour | G |
| Their league long paper bale | H |
| And has lit his pipe in the morning calm | I |
| That follows the midnight stress | E |
| He hath sold his heart to the old Black Art | J |
| We call the daily Press | E |
| - | |
| Who once hath dealt in the widest game | K |
| That all of a man can play | L |
| No later love no larger fame | K |
| Will lure him long away | L |
| As the war horse snuffeth the battle afar | M |
| The entered Soul no less | E |
| He saith quot Ha Ha quot where the trumpets are | M |
| And the thunders of the Press | E |
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| Canst thou number the days that we fulfill | N |
| Or the Times that we bring forth | O |
| Canst thou send the lightnings to do thy will | N |
| And cause them reign on earth | P |
| Hast thou given a peacock goodly wings | Q |
| To please his foolishness | R |
| Sit down at the heart of men and things | Q |
| Companion of the Press | E |
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| The Pope may launch his Interdict | S |
| The Union its decree | B |
| But the bubble is blown and the bubble is pricked | S |
| By Us and such as We | B |
| Remember the battle and stand aside | T |
| While Thrones and Powers confess | E |
| That King over all the children of pride | T |
| Is the Press the Press the Press | E |
Rudyard Kipling
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