Laudabunt Alii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ KLKLMM NONOI| After Horace | A |
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| Let others praise as fancy wills | B |
| Berlin beneath her trees | C |
| Or Rome upon her seven hills | B |
| Or Venice by her seas | C |
| Stamboul by double tides embraced | D |
| Or green Damascus in the waste | D |
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| For me there's nought I would not leave | E |
| For the good Devon land | F |
| Whose orchards down the echoing cleeve | E |
| Bedewed with spray drift stand | F |
| And hardly bear the red fruit up | G |
| That shall be next year's cider cup | G |
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| You too my friend may wisely mark | H |
| How clear skies follow rain | I |
| And lingering in your own green park | H |
| Or drilled on Laffan's Plain | I |
| Forget not with the festal bowl | J |
| To soothe at times your weary soul | J |
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| When Drake must bid to Plymouth Hoe | K |
| Good bye for many a day | L |
| And some were sad and feared to go | K |
| And some that dared not stay | L |
| Be sure he bade them broach the best | M |
| And raised his tankard with the rest | M |
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| 'Drake's luck to all that sail with Drake | N |
| For promised lands of gold | O |
| Brave lads whatever storms may break | N |
| We've weathered worse of old | O |
| To night the loving cup we'll drain | I |
| To morrow for the Spanish Main ' | - |
Sir Henry Newbolt
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