St. Crispin-s Day Speech: From Henry V Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEEFAAGHAIAFBAJAKLMN JOJPJJQOJOCROOOAASJT UVOJWJSAOC| WESTMORELAND O that we now had here | A |
| But one ten thousand of those men in England | B |
| That do no work to day | C |
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| KING What s he that wishes so | D |
| My cousin Westmoreland No my fair cousin | E |
| If we are mark d to die we are enow | E |
| To do our country loss and if to live | F |
| The fewer men the greater share of honour | A |
| God s will I pray thee wish not one man more | A |
| By Jove I am not covetous for gold | G |
| Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost | H |
| It yearns me not if men my garments wear | A |
| Such outward things dwell not in my desires | I |
| But if it be a sin to covet honour | A |
| I am the most offending soul alive | F |
| No faith my coz wish not a man from England | B |
| God s peace I would not lose so great an honour | A |
| As one man more methinks would share from me | J |
| For the best hope I have O do not wish one more | A |
| Rather proclaim it Westmoreland through my host | K |
| That he which hath no stomach to this fight | L |
| Let him depart his passport shall be made | M |
| And crowns for convoy put into his purse | N |
| We would not die in that man s company | J |
| That fears his fellowship to die with us | O |
| This day is call d the feast of Crispian | J |
| He that outlives this day and comes safe home | P |
| Will stand a tip toe when this day is nam d | J |
| And rouse him at the name of Crispian | J |
| He that shall live this day and see old age | Q |
| Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours | O |
| And say To morrow is Saint Crispian | J |
| Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars | O |
| And say These wounds I had on Crispian s day | C |
| Old men forget yet all shall be forgot | R |
| But he ll remember with advantages | O |
| What feats he did that day Then shall our names | O |
| Familiar in his mouth as household words | O |
| Harry the King Bedford and Exeter | A |
| Warwick and Talbot Salisbury and Gloucester | A |
| Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb red | S |
| This story shall the good man teach his son | J |
| And Crispin Crispian shall ne er go by | T |
| From this day to the ending of the world | U |
| But we in it shall be remembered | V |
| We few we happy few we band of brothers | O |
| For he to day that sheds his blood with me | J |
| Shall be my brother be he ne er so vile | W |
| This day shall gentle his condition | J |
| And gentlemen in England now a bed | S |
| Shall think themselves accurs d they were not here | A |
| And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks | O |
| That fought with us upon Saint Crispin s day | C |
William Shakespeare
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