Ubique Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE DDEE AAFF EEGG HHII JJKK HHHH| There is a word you often see pronounce it as you may | A |
| You bike you bykwee ubbikwe alludin' to R A | B |
| It serves 'Orse Field an' Garrison as motto for a crest | C |
| An' when you've found out all it means I'll tell you 'alf the rest | C |
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| Ubique means the long range Krupp be'ind the low range 'ill | D |
| Ubique means you'll pick it up an' while you do stand still | D |
| Ubique means you've caught the flash an' timed it by the sound | E |
| Ubique means five gunners' 'ash before you've loosed a round | E |
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| Ubique means Blue Fuse an' make the 'ole to sink the trail | D |
| Ubique means stand up an' take the Mauser's 'alf mile 'ail | D |
| Ubique means the crazy team not God nor man can 'old | E |
| Ubique means that 'orse's scream which turns your innards cold | E |
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| Ubique means Bank 'Olborn Bank a penny all the way | A |
| The soothin' jingle bump an' clank from day to peaceful day | A |
| Ubique means They've caught De Wet an' now we sha'n t be long | F |
| Ubique means I much regret the beggar's goin' strong | F |
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| Ubique means the tearin' drift where breech blocks jammed with mud | E |
| The khaki muzzles duck an' lift across the khaki flood | E |
| Ubique means the dancing plain that changes rocks to Boers | G |
| Ubique means the mirage again an' shellin' all outdoors | G |
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| Ubique means Entrain at once for Grootdefeatfontein | H |
| Ubique means Off load your guns at midnight in the rain | H |
| Ubique means More mounted men Return all guns to store | I |
| Ubique means the R A M R Infantillery Corps | I |
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| Ubique means that warnin' grunt the perished linesman knows | J |
| When o'er 'is strung an' sufferin' front the shrapnel sprays 'is foes | J |
| An' as their firin' dies away the 'usky whisper runs | K |
| From lips that 'ave n't drunk all day The Guns Thank Gawd the Guns | K |
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| Extreme depressed point blank or short end first or any'ow | H |
| From Colesberg Kop to Quagga's Poort from Ninety Nine till now | H |
| By what I've 'eard the others tell an' I in spots 'ave seen | H |
| There's nothin' this side 'Eaven or 'Ell Ubique does n't mean | H |
Rudyard Kipling
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