An Ode To The Queen On Her Jubilee Year Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BBAA CCDD EEFG HHII EEJJ AAKK LMBN KKOO AAPP QQEE EEFG RRSS| Sound drums and trumpets far and near | A |
| And Let all Queen Victoria's subjects loudly cheer | A |
| And show by their actions that they revere | A |
| Because she's served them faithfully fifty long year | A |
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| All hail to the Empress of India and Great Britain's Queen | B |
| Long may she live happy and serene | B |
| And as this is now her Jubilee year | A |
| I hope her subjects will show their loyalty without fear | A |
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| Therefore let all her subjects rejoice and sing | C |
| Until they make the welkin ring | C |
| And let young and old on this her Jubilee be glad | D |
| And cry Long Live our Queen and don't be sad | D |
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| She has been a good Queen which no one dare gainsay | E |
| And I hope God will protect her for many a day | E |
| May He enable her a few more years to reign | F |
| And let all her lieges say Amen | G |
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| Let all hatred towards her be thrown aside | H |
| All o'er dominions broad and wide | H |
| And let all her subjects bear in mind | I |
| By God kings and queens are put in trust o'er mankind | I |
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| Therefore rejoice and be glad on her Jubilee day | E |
| And try and make the heart of our Queen feel gay | E |
| Oh try and make her happy in country and town | J |
| And not with Shakespeare say uneasy lies the head that wears a crown | J |
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| And as this is her first Jubilee year | A |
| And will be her last I rather fear | A |
| Therefore sound drums and trumpets cheerfully | K |
| Until the echoes are heard o'er land and sea | K |
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| And let the innocent voices of the children at home or abroad | L |
| Ascend with cheerful shouts to the throne of God | M |
| And sing aloud God Save our Gracious Queen | B |
| Because a good and charitable Sovereign she has been | N |
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| Therefore ye sons of great Britain come join with me | K |
| And welcome in our noble Queen's Jubilee | K |
| Because she has been a faithful Queen ye must confess | O |
| There hasn't been her equal since the days of Queen Bess | O |
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| Therefore let all her lieges shout and cheer | A |
| God Save our Gracious Queen for many a year | A |
| let such be the cry in the peasant's cot the hall | P |
| With stentorian voices as loud as they can bawl | P |
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| And let bonfires be kindled on every hill | Q |
| And let her subjects dance around them at their freewill | Q |
| And try to drive dull care away | E |
| By singing and rejoicing on the Queen's Jubilee day | E |
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| May God protect her for many a day | E |
| At home or abroad when she's far away | E |
| Long may she be spared o'er her subjects to reign | F |
| And let each and all with one voice say Amen | G |
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| Victoria is a good Queen which all he subjects know | R |
| And for that may God protect her from every foe | R |
| May He be as a hedge around her as He's been all along | S |
| And let her live and die in peace is the end of my song | S |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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