The Heroes Of Waterloo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDDEEFFGGHHII JJKKLLMMLLNNOOPPQQRR SSTTUUBBVVWX YZA2A2EEB2B2 C2C2D2D2E2E2F2F2FF G2G2H2H2 I2I2J2J2K2K2L2L2Address written for a Benefit at a Provincial Theatre for the | A |
Wounded Survivors Families and Relatives of the Heroes of Waterloo | B |
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Once more Britannia sheathes her conqu'ring sword | C |
And Peace returns by Victory restored | C |
Peace that erewhile estranged 'midst long alarms | D |
Scarce welcomed home was ravish'd from our arms | D |
What time fierce bounding from his broken chain | E |
Gaul's banish'd Despot re aspired to reign | E |
Whilst at his call prompt minions of his breath | F |
Round his dire throne rush'd Havoc Spoil and Death | F |
With wonted pomp his baleful ensign blazed | G |
And Europe shrunk and shudder'd as she gazed | G |
Insulted Liberty her tocsin rung | H |
Again Britannia to the combat sprung | H |
Star of the Nations her auspicious form | I |
Led on their march and foremost braved the storm | I |
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Pent in its clouds ere yet the tempest flash'd | J |
Ere peal on peal the mingling thunder crash'd | J |
While Fate hung dubious o'er the marshall'd powers | K |
What anxious fears what trembling hopes were ours | K |
For never yet from Gallia's confines came | L |
War's fell eruption with so fierce a flame | L |
She sent a Chief matur'd in martial strife | M |
Who fought for fame for empire and for life | M |
Whose Host had sworn deep stung with recent shame | L |
To satiate vengeance and retrieve their fame | L |
Each furious impulse each hot throb was there | N |
That spurs Ambition or inflames Despair | N |
Then Britain fix'd on her Unconquer'd Son | O |
Her eye her hope immortal WELLINGTON | O |
He skill'd to crash with one collective blow | P |
Sustain'd sedate the fierce assaulting foe | P |
How stood his squadrons like the steadfast rock | Q |
Frowning on Ocean's ineffectual shock | Q |
Till forward summon'd to the fierce attack | R |
They give to Gaul his furious onset back | R |
Swift on its prey each fiery legion springs | S |
As when Heaven's ire the vollied lightning wings | S |
Then Gallia's blood in expiation stream'd | T |
Then trembling Europe saw her fate redeem'd | T |
And England radiant in her triumph past | U |
Beheld them all transcended in the last | U |
Yes raptured Britons blest the gale that blew | B |
The tidings home the tale of Waterloo | B |
But oh while joy tumultuous hail'd the day | V |
Cold on the plain what gallant victims lay | V |
Deaf to the triumph of their sacred cause | W |
Deaf to their country's shout the world's applause | X |
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Rear high the column bid the marble breathe | Y |
Pour soft the verse and twine the laureate wreath | Z |
From year to year let musing Memory shed | A2 |
Her tenderest tears to grace the glorious dead | A2 |
'Tis ours with grateful ardour to sustain | E |
The wounded veteran on his bed of pain | E |
To soothe the widow sunk in anguish deep | B2 |
Whose orphan weeps to see its mother weep | B2 |
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Oh when outstretch'd on that triumphant field | C2 |
The prostrate Warrior felt his labours seal'd | C2 |
Felt 'midst the shout of Victory pealing round | D2 |
Life's eddying stream fast welling from his wound | D2 |
Perchance Affection bade her visions rise | E2 |
Wife children floated o'er his closing eyes | E2 |
For them alone he heaved the bitter sigh | F2 |
Yet for his country glorying thus to die | F2 |
To her bequeath'd them with his parting breath | F |
And sunk serene in unregretted death | F |
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To no cold ear was that appeal prefer'd | G2 |
With glowing bosom grateful England heard | G2 |
With liberal hand she pours the prompt relief | H2 |
Soothes the sick head and wipes the tear of grief | H2 |
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Our humble efforts consecrate to night | I2 |
To this great cause our small but willing mite | I2 |
Bright are the wreaths the warrior's urn which grace | J2 |
And bless'd the bounty that protects his race | J2 |
Thus warm'd thus waken'd with congenial fire | K2 |
Each hero's son shall emulate his sire | K2 |
From age to age prolong the glorious line | L2 |
And guard their country with a shield divine | L2 |
Thomas Gent
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