Song Of The German Lanzknecht Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CC DDEAAEF AAAEEAF EEGHHGF IIGAAGCC| Sonnex clarions | A |
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| Bk VI vii | B |
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| Flourish the trumpet and rattle the drum | C |
| The Reiters are mounted the Reiters will come | C |
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| When our bullets cease singing | D |
| And long swords cease ringing | D |
| On backplates of fearsomest foes in full flight | E |
| We'll dig up their dollars | A |
| To string for girls' collars | A |
| They'll jingle around them before it is night | E |
| When flourish the trumpets etc | F |
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| We're the Emperor's winners | A |
| Of right royal dinners | A |
| Where cities are served up and flanked by estates | A |
| While we wallow in claret | E |
| Knowing not how to spare it | E |
| Though beer is less likely to muddle our pates | A |
| While flourish the trumpets etc | F |
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| Gods of battle red handed | E |
| Wise it was to have banded | E |
| Such arms as are these for embracing of gain | G |
| Hearken to each war vulture | H |
| Crying Down with all culture | H |
| Of land or religion Hoch to our refrain | G |
| Of flourish the trumpets etc | F |
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| Give us bones of the devil | I |
| To exchange in our revel | I |
| The ingot the gem and yellow doubloon | G |
| Coronets are but playthings | A |
| We reck not who say things | A |
| When the Reiters have ridden to death none too soon | G |
| To flourish of trumpet and rattle of drum | C |
| The Reiters will finish as firm as they come | C |
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| H L W | - |
Victor-marie Hugo
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