The Passing Of The Queen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBACCCDAACBBAA AAEFGGHHHHGAE IJIKLMAAANEOOKHark The drums Muffled drums | A |
The long low ruffle of the drums | A |
And every head is bowed | B |
In the vast expectant crowd | B |
As the Great Queen comes | A |
By the way she knew so well | C |
Where our cheers were wont to swell | C |
As we tried in vain to tell | C |
Of our love unspeakable | D |
Now she comes | A |
To the rolling of the drums | A |
And the slow sad tolling of the bell | C |
Let every head be bowed | B |
In the silent waiting crowd | B |
As the Great Queen comes | A |
To the slow sad ruffle of the drums | A |
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Who is this that comes | A |
To the rolling of the drums | A |
In the sorrowful great silence of the peoples | E |
Take heart of grace | F |
She is not here | G |
The Great Queen is not here | G |
What most in her we did revere | H |
The lofty spirit white and clear | H |
The tender love that knew no fear | H |
The soul sincere | H |
These come not here | G |
To the rolling of the drums | A |
In the silence and the sorrow of the peoples | E |
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Death has but little part | I |
In her Love cannot die | J |
Who reigns in every heart | I |
Hath immortality | K |
So though our heads are bent | L |
Our hearts are jubilant | M |
As she comes | A |
As a conqueror she comes | A |
With the rolling of the drums | A |
To the stateliest of her homes | N |
In the hearts of her true and faithful peoples | E |
For the Great Queen lives for ever | O |
In the hearts of those who love her | O |
January | K |
William Arthur Dunkerley (john Oxenham)
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