The Battle Of The Baltic Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDDDE FGHGIJKKI LMLMNOOON PQRQSTTTS PUPUVWWW XYXYZA2A2A2Z| Of Nelson and the North | A |
| Sing the glorious day's renown | B |
| When to battle fierce came forth | A |
| All the might of Denmark's crown | B |
| And her arms along the deep proudly shone | C |
| By each gun the lighted brand | D |
| In a bold determined hand | D |
| And the Prince of all the land | D |
| Led them on | E |
| - | |
| Like leviathans afloat | F |
| Lay their bulwarks on the brine | G |
| While the sign of battle flew | H |
| On the lofty British line | G |
| It was ten of April morn by the chime | I |
| As they drifted on their path | J |
| There was silence deep as death | K |
| And the boldest held his breath | K |
| For a time | I |
| - | |
| But the might of England flush'd | L |
| To anticipate the scene | M |
| And her van the fleeter rush'd | L |
| O'er the deadly space between | M |
| 'Hearts of oak ' our captains cried when each gun | N |
| From its adamantine lips | O |
| Spread a death shade round the ships | O |
| Like the hurricane eclipse | O |
| Of the sun | N |
| - | |
| Again again again | P |
| And the havoc did not slack | Q |
| Till a feeble cheer the Dane | R |
| To our cheering sent us back | Q |
| Their shots along the deep slowly boom | S |
| Then ceased and all is wail | T |
| As they strike the shatter'd sail | T |
| Or in conflagration pale | T |
| Light the gloom | S |
| - | |
| Out spoke the victor then | P |
| As he hail'd them o'er the wave | U |
| 'Ye are brothers ye are men | P |
| And we conquer but to save | U |
| So peace instead of death let us bring | V |
| But yield proud foe thy fleet | W |
| With the crews at England's feet | W |
| And make submission meet | W |
| To our King ' | - |
| - | |
| Now joy old England raise | X |
| For the tidings of thy might | Y |
| By the festal cities' blaze | X |
| Whilst the wine cup shines in light | Y |
| And yet amidst that joy and uproar | Z |
| Let us think of them that sleep | A2 |
| Full many a fathom deep | A2 |
| By thy wild and stormy steep | A2 |
| Elsinore | Z |
Thomas Campbell
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