He Fell Among Thieves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KBKB LMLM NLNL OPOP QRQR STST UVWUWYe have robb d said he ye have slaughter d and made an end | A |
Take your ill got plunder and bury the dead | B |
What will ye more of your guest and sometime friend | A |
Blood for our blood they said | B |
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He laugh d If one may settle the score for five | C |
I am ready but let the reckoning stand till day | D |
I have loved the sunlight as dearly as any alive | C |
You shall die at dawn said they | D |
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He flung his empty revolver down the slope | E |
He climb d alone to the Eastward edge of the trees | F |
All night long in a dream untroubled of hope | E |
He brooded clasping his knees | F |
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He did not hear the monotonous roar that fills | G |
The ravine where the Yass n river sullenly flows | H |
He did not see the starlight on the Laspur hills | G |
Or the far Afghan snows | H |
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He saw the April noon on his books aglow | I |
The wistaria trailing in at the window wide | J |
He heard his father s voice from the terrace below | I |
Calling him down to ride | J |
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He saw the gray little church across the park | K |
The mounds that hid the loved and honour d dead | B |
The Norman arch the chancel softly dark | K |
The brasses black and red | B |
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He saw the School Close sunny and green | L |
The runner beside him the stand by the parapet wall | M |
The distant tape and the crowd roaring between | L |
His own name over all | M |
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He saw the dark wainscot and timber d roof | N |
The long tables and the faces merry and keen | L |
The College Eight and their trainer dining aloof | N |
The Dons on the da is serene | L |
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He watch d the liner s stem ploughing the foam | O |
He felt her trembling speed and the thrash of her screw | P |
He heard the passengers voices talking of home | O |
He saw the flag she flew | P |
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And now it was dawn He rose strong on his feet | Q |
And strode to his ruin d camp below the wood | R |
He drank the breath of the morning cool and sweet | Q |
His murderers round him stood | R |
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Light on the Laspur hills was broadening fast | S |
The blood red snow peaks chill d to a dazzling white | T |
He turn d and saw the golden circle at last | S |
Cut by the Eastern height | T |
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O glorious Life Who dwellest in earth and sun | U |
I have lived I praise and adore Thee | V |
A sword swept | W |
Over the pass the voices one by one | U |
Faded and the hill slept | W |
Sir Henry Newbolt
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