Jerusalem Delivered - Book 03 - Part 01 Poem Rhyme Scheme

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THE ARGUMENT	A
The camp at great Jerusalem arrives	B
Clorinda gives them battle in the breast	C
Of fair Erminia Tancred's love revives	B
He jousts with her unknown whom he loved best	C
Argant th' adventurers of their guide deprives	B
With stately pomp they lay their Lord in chest	C
Godfrey commands to cut the forest down	D
And make strong engines to assault the town	D
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I	-
The purple morning left her crimson bed	E
And donned her robes of pure vermilion hue	F
Her amber locks she crowned with roses red	E
In Eden's flowery gardens gathered new	F
When through the camp a murmur shrill was spread	E
Arm arm they cried arm arm the trumpets blew	F
Their merry noise prevents the joyful blast	G
So hum small bees before their swarms they cast	G
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II	-
Their captain rules their courage guides their heat	H
Their forwardness he stayed with gentle rein	I
And yet more easy haply were the feat	H
To stop the current near Charybdis main	I
Or calm the blustering winds on mountains great	J
Than fierce desires of warlike hearts restrain	I
He rules them yet and ranks them in their haste	K
For well he knows disordered speed makes waste	K
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III	-
Feathered their thoughts their feet in wings were dight	K
Swiftly they marched yet were not tired thereby	-
For willing minds make heaviest burdens light	K
But when the gliding sun was mounted high	-
Jerusalem behold appeared in sight	K
Jerusalem they view they see they spy	-
Jerusalem with merry noise they greet	K
With joyful shouts and acclamations sweet	K
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IV	-
As when a troop of jolly sailors row	L
Some new found land and country to descry	L
Through dangerous seas and under stars unknowe	M
Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky	-
If once the wished shore begun to show	L
They all salute it with a joyful cry	-
And each to other show the land in haste	K
Forgetting quite their pains and perils past	K
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V	-
To that delight which their first sight did breed	K
That pleased so the secret of their thought	K
A deep repentance did forthwith succeed	K
That reverend fear and trembling with it brought	K
Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispreed	K
Upon that town where Christ was sold and bought	K
Where for our sins he faultless suffered pain	I
There where he died and where he lived again	N
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VI	-
Soft words low speech deep sobs sweet sighs salt tears	O
Rose from their hearts with joy and pleasure mixed	K
For thus fares he the Lord aright that fears	P
Fear on devotion joy on faith is fixed	K
Such noise their passions make as when one hears	Q
The hoarse sea waves roar hollow rocks betwixt	K
Or as the wind in holts and shady greaves	R
A murmur makes among the boughs and leaves	R
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VII	-
Their naked feet trod on the dusty way	M
Following the ensample of their zealous guide	K
Their scarfs their crests their plumes and feathers gay	M
They quickly doffed and willing laid aside	K
Their molten hearts their wonted pride allay	M
Along their watery cheeks warm tears down slide	K
And then such secret speech as this they used	K
While to himself each one himself accused	K
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VIII	-
Flower of goodness root of lasting bliss	S
Thou well of life whose streams were purple blood	K
That flowed here to cleanse the soul amiss	S
Of sinful men behold this brutish flood	K
That from my melting heart distilled is	T
Receive in gree these tears O Lord so good	K
For never wretch with sin so overgone	N
Had fitter time or greater cause to moan	N
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IX	T
This while the wary watchman looked over	L
From tops of Sion's towers the hills and dales	T
And saw the dust the fields and pastures cover	L
As when thick mists arise from moory vales	T
At last the sun bright shields he gan discover	L
And glistering helms for violence none that fails	T
The metal shone like lightning bright in skies	T
And man and horse amid the dust descries	T
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X	T
Then loud he cries O what a dust ariseth	U
O how it shines with shields and targets clear	L
Up up to arms for valiant heart despiseth	U
The threatened storm of death and danger near	L
Behold your foes then further thus deviseth	U
Haste haste for vain delay increaseth fear	L
These horrid clouds of dust that yonder fly	-
Your coming foes does hide and hide the sky	-
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XI	T
The tender children and the fathers old	K
The aged matrons and the virgin chaste	K
That durst not shake the spear nor target hold	K
Themselves devoutly in their temples placed	K
The rest of members strong and courage bold	K
On hardy breasts their harness donned in haste	K
Some to the walls some to the gates them dight	K
Their king meanwhile directs them all aright	K
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XII	T
All things well ordered he withdrew with speed	K
Up to a turret high two ports between	N
That so he might be near at every need	K
And overlook the lands and furrows green	N
Thither he did the sweet Erminia lead	K
That in his court had entertained been	N
Since Christians Antioch did to bondage bring	V
And slew her father who thereof was king	V
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XIII	T
Against their foes Clorinda sallied out	K
And many a baron bold was by her side	K
Within the postern stood Argantes stout	K
To rescue her if ill mote her betide	K
With speeches brave she cheered her warlike rout	K
And with bold words them heartened as they ride	K
Let us by some brave act quoth she this day	K
Of Asia's hopes the groundwork found and lay	K
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XIV	-
While to her folk thus spake the virgin brave	-
Thereby behold forth passed a Christian band	K
Toward the camp that herds of cattle drave	-
For they that morn had forayed all the land	K
The fierce virago would that booty save	-
Whom their commander singled hand for hand	K
A mighty man at arms who Guardo hight	K
But far too weak to match with her in fight	K
XV	-
They met and low in dust was Guardo laid	K
'Twixt either army from his sell down kest	K
The Pagans shout for joy and hopeful said	K
Those good beginnings would have endings blest	K
Against the rest on went the noble maid	K
She broke the helm and pierced the armed breast	K
Her men the paths rode through made by her sword	K
They pass the stream where she had found the ford	K

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