Laudabunt Alii
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
(After Horace)
Let others praise, as fancy wills,
Berlin beneath her trees,
Or Rome upon her seven hills,
Or Venice by her seas;
Stamboul by double tides embraced,
Or green Damascus in the waste.
For me there's nought I would not leave
For the good Devon land,
Whose orchards down the echoing cleeve
Bedewed with spray-drift stand,
And hardly bear the red fruit up
That shall be next year's cider-cup.
You too, my friend, may wisely mark
How clear skies follow rain,
And, lingering in your own green park
Or drilled on Laffan's Plain,
Forget not with the festal bowl
To soothe at times your weary soul.
When Drake must bid to Plymouth Hoe
Good-bye for many a day,
And some were sad and feared to go,
And some that dared not stay,
Be sure he bade them broach the best,
And raised his tankard with the rest.
'Drake's luck to all that sail with Drake
For promised lands of gold!
Brave lads, whatever storms may break,
We've weathered worse of old!
To-night the loving-cup we'll drain,
To-morrow for the Spanish Main!'
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL MNMNHH |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 992 |
Words | 185 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
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