On The Death Of Nelson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGGHHAAIIJJ| Swift through the land while Fame transported flies | A |
| And shouts triumphant shake th' illumined skies | A |
| Britannia bending o'er her dauntless prows | B |
| With laurels thickening round her blazon'd brows | B |
| In joy dejected sees her triumph cross'd | C |
| Exults in Victory won but mourns the Victor lost | C |
| Immortal NELSON still with fond amaze | D |
| Thy glorious deed each British eye surveys | D |
| Beholds thee still on conquer'd floods afar | E |
| Fate's flaming shaft the thunderbolt of war | F |
| Hurl'd from thy hands Britannia's vengeance roars | G |
| And bloody billows stain the hostile shores | G |
| Thy sacred ire Confed'rate Kingdoms braves | H |
| And 'whelms their Navies in Sepulchral waves | H |
| Graced with each attribute which Heaven supplies | A |
| To Godlike Chiefs humane intrepid wise | A |
| His Nation's Bulwark and all Nature's pride | I |
| The Hero lived and as he lived he died | I |
| Transcendant destiny how bless'd the brave | J |
| Whose fall his Country's tears attend shower'd on his trophied grave | J |
Thomas Gent
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