Marmion: Canto V. - The Court Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Marmion: Canto V. - The Court Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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I	A
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The train has left the hills of Braid	B
The barrier guard have open made	B
So Lindesay bade the palisade	B
That closed the tented ground	C
Their men the warders backward drew	D
And carried pikes as they rode through	D
Into its ample bound	C
Fast ran the Scottish warriors there	E
Upon the Southern band to stare	E
And envy with their wonder rose	F
To see such well appointed foes	F
Such length of shaft such mighty bows	G
So huge that many simply thought	H
But for a vaunt such weapons wrought	H
And little deemed their force to feel	I
Through links of mail and plates of steel	I
When rattling upon Flodden vale	J
The clothyard arrows flew like hail	J
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II	A
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Nor less did Marmion's skilful view	D
Glance every line and squadron through	D
And much he marvelled one small land	K
Could marshal forth such various band	K
For men at arms were here	L
Heavily sheathed in mail and plate	M
Like iron towers for strength and weight	M
On Flemish steeds of bone and height	N
With battle axe and spear	O
Young knights and squires a lighter train	P
Practised their chargers on the plain	P
By aid of leg of hand and rein	P
Each warlike feat to show	Q
To pass to wheel the croupe to gain	P
The high curvet that not in vain	P
The sword sway might descend amain	P
On foeman's casque below	Q
He saw the hardy burghers there	E
March armed on foot with faces bare	E
For vizor they wore none	P
Nor waving plume nor crest of knight	N
But burnished were their corslets bright	N
Their brigantines and gorgets light	N
Like very silver shone	P
Long pikes they had for standing fight	N
Two handed swords they wore	R
And many wielded mace of weight	M
And bucklers bright they bore	R
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III	A
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On foot the yeomen too but dressed	S
In his steel jack a swarthy vest	S
With iron quilted well	T
Each at his back a slender store	R
His forty days' provision bore	R
As feudal statutes tell	T
His arms were halbert axe or spear	O
A crossbow there a hagbut here	L
A dagger knife and brand	K
Sober he seemed and sad of cheer	O
As loth to leave his cottage dear	O
And march to foreign strand	K
Or musing who would guide his steer	O
To till the fallow land	K
Yet deem not in his thoughtful eye	A
Did aught of dastard terror lie	A
More dreadful far his ire	U
Than theirs who scorning danger's name	V
In eager mood to battle came	V
Their valour like light straw on flame	V
A fierce but fading fire	W
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IV	D
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Not so the Borderer bred to war	R
He knew the battle's din afar	X
And joyed to hear it swell	T
His peaceful day was slothful ease	Y
Nor harp nor pipe his ear could please	Y
Like the loud slogan yell	T
On active steed with lance and blade	B
The light armed pricker plied his trade	B
Let nobles fight for fame	V
Let vassals follow where they lead	Z
Burghers to guard their townships bleed	A2
But war's the Borderer's game	V
Their gain their glory their delight	N
To sleep the day maraud the night	N
O'er mountain moss and moor	B2
Joyful to fight they took their way	C2
Scarce caring who might win the day	C2
Their booty was secure	B2
These as Lord Marmion's train passed by	A
Looked on at first with careless eye	A
Nor marvelled aught well taught to know	Q
The form and force of English bow	D2
But when they saw the lord arrayed	B
In splendid arms and rich brocade	B
Each Borderer to his kinsman said	Z
'Hist Ringan seest thou there	E
Canst guess which road they'll homeward ride	E2
Oh could we but on Border side	E2
By Eusedale glen or Liddell's tide	E2
Beset a prize so fair	E
That fangless Lion too their guide	E2
Might chance to lose his glistering hide	E2
Brown Maudlin of that doublet pied	E2
Could make a kirtle rare '	-
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V	D
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Next Marmion marked the Celtic race	F2
Of different language form and face	F2
Avarious race of man	P
Just then the chiefs their tribes arrayed	B
And wild and garish semblance made	B
The chequered trews and belted plaid	G2
And varying notes the war pipes brayed	G2
To every varying clan	P
Wild through their red or sable hair	E
Looked out their eyes with savage stare	E
On Marmion as he passed	G2
Their legs above the knee were bare	E
Their frame was sinewy short and spare	E
And hardened to the blast	G2
Of taller race the chiefs they own	P
Were by the eagle's plumage known	P
The hunted red deer's undressed hide	G2
Their hairy buskins well supplied	G2
The graceful bonnet decked their head	G2
Back from their shoulders hung the plaid	G2
A broadsword of unwieldy length	H2
A dagger proved for edge and strength	H2
A studded targe they wore	R
And quivers bows and shafts but oh	Q
Short was the shaft and weak the bow	D2
To that which England bore	R
The Islesmen carried at their backs	I2
The ancient Danish battle axe	I2
They raised a wild and wondering cry	A
As with his guide rode Marmion by	A
Loud were their clamouring tongues as when	P
The clanging sea fowl leave the fen	P
And with their cries discordant mixed	G2
Grumbled and yelled the pipes betwixt	G2
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VI	A
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Thus through the Scottish camp they passed	G2
And reached the city gate at last	G2
Where all around a wakeful guard	G2
Armed burghers kept their watch and ward	G2
Well had they cause of jealous fear	O
When lay encamped in field so near	O
The Borderer and the Mountaineer	O
As through the bustling streets they go	Q
All was alive with martial show	Q
At every turn with dinning clang	J2
The armourer's anvil clashed and rang	J2
Or toiled the swarthy smith to wheel	I
The bar that arms the charger's heel	I
Or axe or falchion to the side	G2
Of jarring grindstone was applied	G2
Page groom and squire with hurrying pace	F2
Through street and lane and market place	F2
Bore lance or casque or sword	G2
While burghers with important face	F2
Described each new come lord	G2
Discussed his lineage told his name	V
His following and his warlike fame	V
The Lion led to lodging meet	G2
Which high o'erlooked the crowded street	G2
There must the baron rest	G2
Till past the hour of vesper tide	G2
And then to Holyrood must ride	G2
Such was the king's behest	G2
Meanwhile the Lion's care assigns	K2
A banquet rich and costly wines	K2
To Marmion and his train	P
And when the appointed hour succeeds	L2
The baron dons his peaceful weeds	L2
And following Lindesay as he leads	L2
The palace halls they gain	P
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VII	A
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Old Holyrood rung merrily	D
That night with wassail mirth and glee	D
King James within her princely bower	W
Feasted the chiefs of Scotland's power	W
Summoned to spend the parting hour	W
For he had charged that his array	C2
Should southward march by break of day	C2
Well loved that splendid monarch aye	A
The banquet and the song	M2
By day the tourney and by night	G2
The merry dance traced fast and light	G2
The maskers quaint the pageant bright	G2
The revel loud and long	M2
This feast outshone his banquets past	G2
It was his blithest and his last	G2
The dazzling lamps from gallery gay	C2
Cast on the Court a dancing ray	C2
Here to the harp did minstrels sing	N2
There ladies touched a softer string	N2
With long eared cap and motley vest	G2
The licensed fool retailed his jest	G2
His magic tricks the juggler plied	G2
At dice and draughts the gallants vied	G2
While some in close recess apart	G2
Courted the ladies of their heart	G2
Nor courted them in vain	P
For often in the parting hour	W
Victorious Love asserts his power	W
O'er coldness and disdain	P
And flinty is her heart can view	A
To battle march a lover true	A
Can hear perchance his last adieu	A
Nor own her share of pain	P
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VIII	A
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Through this mixed crowd of glee and game	V
The King to greet Lord Marmion came	V
While reverent all made room	O2
An easy task it was I trow	Q
King James's manly form to know	Q
Although his courtesy to show	Q
He doffed to Marmion bending low	Q
His broidered cap and plume	O2
For royal was his garb and mien	P
His cloak of crimson velvet piled	G2
Trimmed with the fur of martin wild	G2
His vest of changeful satin sheen	P
The dazzled eye beguiled	G2
His gorgeous collar hung adown	P
Wrought with the badge of Scotland's crown	P
The thistle brave of old renown	P
His trusty blade Toledo right	G2
Descended from a baldric bright	G2
White were his buskins on the heel	I
His spurs inlaid of gold and steel	I
His bonnet all of crimson fair	E
Was buttoned with a ruby rare	E
And Marmion deemed he ne'er had seen	P
A prince of such a noble mien	P
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IX	L2
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The monarch's form was middle size	L2
For feat of strength	H2