England Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADEEED EFGGFHFIJKJLMNNNM OPQQPRSTS RS OOUUVVO OOOOWPNPXYOYOOROOZOZ OOOOOOOOO OA2SOOOSENGLAND England England | A |
Girdled by ocean and skies | B |
And the power of a world and the heart of a race | C |
And a hope that never dies | B |
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England England England | A |
Wherever a true heart beats | D |
Wherever the rivers of commerce flow | E |
Wherever the bugles of conquest blow | E |
Wherever the glories of liberty grow | E |
'Tis the name that the world repeats | D |
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And ye who dwell in the shadow | E |
Of the century sculptured piles | F |
Where sleep our century honoured dead | G |
Whilst the great world thunders overhead | G |
And far out miles on miles | F |
Beyond the smoke of the mighty town | H |
The blue Thames dimples and smiles | F |
Not yours alone the glory of old | I |
Of the splendid thousand years | J |
Of Britain's might and Britain's right | K |
And the brunt of British spears | J |
Not yours alone for the great world round | L |
Ready to dare and do | M |
Scot and Celt and Norman and Dane | N |
With the Northman's sinew and heart and brain | N |
And the Northman's courage for blessing or bane | N |
Are England's heroes too | M |
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North and south and east and west | O |
Wherever their triumphs be | P |
Their glory goes home to the ocean girt isle | Q |
Where the heather blooms and the roses smile | Q |
With the green isle under her lee | P |
And if ever the smoke of an alien gun | R |
Should threaten her iron repose | S |
Shoulder to shoulder against the world | T |
Face to face with her foes | S |
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Scot and Celt and Saxon are one | R |
Where the glory of England goes | S |
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And we of the newer and vaster West | O |
Where the great war banners are furled | O |
And commerce hurries her teeming hosts | U |
And the cannon are silent along our coasts | U |
Saxon and Gaul Canadians claim | V |
A part in the glory and pride and aim | V |
Of the Empire that girdles the world | O |
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England England England | O |
Wherever the daring heart | O |
By Arctic floe or torrid strand | O |
Thy heroes play their part | O |
For as long as conquest holds the earth | W |
Or commerce sweeps the sea | P |
By orient jungle or western plain | N |
Will the Saxon spirit be | P |
And whatever the people that dwell beneath | X |
Or whatever the alien tongue | Y |
Over the freedom and peace of the world | O |
Is the flag of England flung | Y |
Till the last great freedom is found | O |
And the last great truth be taught | O |
Till the last great deed be done | R |
And the last great battle is fought | O |
Till the last great fighter is slain in the last great fight | O |
And the war wolf is dead in his den | Z |
England breeder of hope and valour and might | O |
Iron mother of men | Z |
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Yea England England England | O |
Till honour and valour are dead | O |
Till the world's great cannons rust | O |
Till the world's great hopes are dust | O |
Till faith and freedom be fled | O |
Till wisdom and justice have passed | O |
To sleep with those who sleep in the many chambered vast | O |
Till glory and knowledge are charnelled dust in dust | O |
To all that is best in the world's unrest | O |
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In heart and mind you are wed | O |
While out from the Indian jungle | A2 |
To the far Canadian snows | S |
Over the East and over the West | O |
Over the worst and over the best | O |
The flag of the world to its winds unfurled | O |
The blood red ensign blows | S |
William Wilfred Campbell
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