Arms And The Man. - Our Ancient Allies.

James Barron Hope 1829 – 1887



Superb in white and red, and white and gold,
And white and violet, the French unfold
Their blazoned banners on the Autumn air,
While cymbols clash and brazen trumpets blare:
Steeds fret and foam, and spurs with scabbards clank
As far they form, in many a shining rank.
Deux-Ponts is there, as hilt to sword blade true,
And Guvion rises smiling on the view;
And the brave Swede, as yet untouched by Fate,
Rides 'mid his comrades with a mien elate;
And Duportail - and scores of others glance
Upon the scene, and all are worthy France!
And for those Frenchmen and their splendid bands,
The very Centuries shall clap their hands,
While at their head, as all their banners flow,
And all their drums roll out, and trumpets blow,
Rides first and foremost splendid Rochambeau!
And well he rides, worthy an epic rhyme -
Full well he rides in attitude sublime -
Fair Freedom's Champion in the lists of Time.
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Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIII
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 879
Words 161
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

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