Jerusalem Delivered - Book 05 - Part 06 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B BCB D A EFEGFGHH I JKJKJ LL I CACMNMMM I OPQPOPMM I RSRSRSMM I THTHRUS A MMMMMMVV V IAIAIAMM A MAMAMAI A MMMMMMIB| LXXXII | A |
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| 'Love hath Eustatio chosen Fortune thee | B |
| In thy conceit which is the best election ' | - |
| 'Nay then these shifts are vain ' replied he | B |
| 'These titles false serve thee for no protection | C |
| Thou canst not here for this admitted be | B |
| Our fellow servant in this sweet subjection ' | - |
| 'And who ' quoth Eustace 'dares deny | D |
| My fellowship ' Rambaldo answered 'I ' | - |
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| LXXXIII | A |
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| And with that word his cutting sword he drew | E |
| That glittered bright and sparkled flaming fire | F |
| Upon his foe the other champion flew | E |
| With equal courage and with equal ire | G |
| The gentle princess who the danger | F |
| Between them stepped and prayed them both retire | G |
| 'Rambald ' quoth she 'why should you grudge or plain | H |
| If I a champion you an gain | H |
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| LXXXIV | I |
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| 'If me you love why wish you me deprived | J |
| In so great need of such a puissant knight | K |
| But welcome Eustace in time arrived | J |
| Defender of my my life my right | K |
| I wish my hapless no longer lived | J |
| When I esteem such assistance light ' | - |
| Thus talked they on and travelled on their way | L |
| Their fellowship increasing every day | L |
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| LXXXV | I |
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| From every side they come yet there none | C |
| Of others coming or of others' | A |
| She welcomes all and telleth every one | C |
| What her in his arrival find | M |
| But when Duke Godfrey his knights were gone | N |
| Within his breast his divined | M |
| Some hard mishap upon his friends should light | M |
| For which he sighed all day and wept all night | M |
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| LXXXVI | I |
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| A messenger while thus he mused drew near | O |
| All soiled with dust and sweat quite out of breath | P |
| It seemed the man did heavy tidings bear | Q |
| Upon his looks news of loss and death | P |
| 'My lord ' quoth he 'so many ships appear | O |
| At sea that Neptune bears the load uneath | P |
| From Egypt come they all this lets thee weet | M |
| William Lord Admiral of the Genoa fleet | M |
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| LXXXVII | I |
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| 'Besides a convoy coming from the shore | R |
| With victual for this camp of thine | S |
| Surprised was and lost is all that store | R |
| Mules horses camels laden corn and wine | S |
| Thy servants fought till they could fight no more | R |
| For all were slain or captives made in fine | S |
| The Arabian outlaws them assailed by night | M |
| When least they and least they looked for fight | M |
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| LXXXVIII | I |
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| 'Their frantic boldness doth presume so far | T |
| That many Christians have they falsely slain | H |
| And like a raging flood they spared are | T |
| And overflow each country field and plain | H |
| Send therefore some strong troops of men of war | R |
| To force them hence and drive them home again | U |
| And keep the ways between these tents of thine | S |
| And those broad seas the seas of Palestine ' | - |
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| LXXXIX | A |
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| From mouth to mouth the heavy rumor spread | M |
| Of these misfortunes which dispersed wide | M |
| Among the soldiers great amazement bred | M |
| Famine they and new come foes beside | M |
| The duke that their wonted courage fled | M |
| And in the place thereof weak espied | M |
| With merry looks these cheerful words he spake | V |
| To make them heart again and courage take | V |
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| XC | V |
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| 'You champions bold with me that 'scaped have | I |
| So many dangers and such hard assays | A |
| Whom still your God did keep defend and save | I |
| In all your battles combats fights and frays | A |
| You that subdued the Turks and Persians brave | I |
| That thirst and hunger held in scorn always | A |
| And vanquished hills and seas with heat and cold | M |
| Shall vain reports appal your courage bold | M |
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| XCI | A |
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| 'That Lord who you out at every need | M |
| When aught befell this glorious camp amiss | A |
| Shall fortune all your actions well to speed | M |
| On whom his large extended is | A |
| Tofore his tomb when conquering hands you spreed | M |
| With what delight will you this | A |
| Be strong therefore and keep your valors high | I |
| To honor conquest fame and victory ' | - |
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| XCII | A |
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| Their hopes half dead and courage well nigh lost | M |
| Revived with these brave speeches of their guide | M |
| But in his breast a thousand cares he tost | M |
| Although his he could hide | M |
| He studied how to feed that mighty host | M |
| In so great scarceness and what force provide | M |
| He should against the Egyptian warriors sly | I |
| And how subdue those thieves of Araby | B |
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