The New Mistress Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGG HHII

Oh sick I am to see you will you never let me beA
You may be good for something but you are not good for meA
Oh go where you are wanted for you are not wanted hereB
And that was all the farewell when I parted from my dearC
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I will go where I am wanted to a lady born and bredD
Who will dress me free for nothing in a uniform of redD
She will not be sick to see me if I only keep it cleanE
I will go where I am wanted for a soldier of the QueenE
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I will go where I am wanted for the sergeant does not mindF
He may be sick to see me but he treats me very kindF
He gives me beer and breakfast and a ribbon for my capG
And I never knew a sweetheart spend her money on a chapG
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I will go where I am wanted where there's room for one or twoH
And the men are none too many for the work there is to doH
Where the standing line wears thinner and the dropping dead lie thickI
And the enemies of England they shall see me and be sickI

A. E. Housman



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