On The Descent Into Hell Of Ezzelino Di Napoli Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFGE HHIJJI KKLMML NNOPP| Rejoice ye nations one is dead | A |
| By whom ten thousand hearts have bled | A |
| Widows and orphans raise your voice | B |
| One voice ye prostrate peoples raise | C |
| To God to God alone be praise | C |
| All dwellers upon earth rejoice | B |
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| The imprisond soul the tortured limb | D |
| Are now at last set free by Him | D |
| Each king their fellow king supplied | E |
| With thongs to scourge ye but your wrongs | F |
| Reacht highest heaven Angelic tongues | G |
| Shouted when Earth's Flagellant died | E |
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| The Demons heard and yell'd below | H |
| Glad that his endless day of woe | H |
| Long after theirs had dimly dawn'd | I |
| The proudest of them all sate dumb | J |
| Angry that any Prince should come | J |
| Who grudg'd to give the soul he pawn'd | I |
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| He gnasht his teeth opprobrious names | K |
| Muttered on Death and wisht his flames | K |
| Could crack his stubborn ribs in vain | L |
| He must resign or share the place | M |
| Imperial he must bear disgrace | M |
| While that intruder feels but pain | L |
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| The Devils' mouths but seldom water | N |
| Yet sniffing this fat slug of slaughter | N |
| Theirs do they then this grace begin | O |
| 'We have carous'd on king and pope | P |
| By dozens could the worthiest hope | P |
| A second course of Ezzelin ' | - |
Walter Savage Landor
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