Verbatim From Boileau Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDEFFGGH| UN JOUR DIT UN AUTEUR ETC | A |
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| Once says an author where I need not say | B |
| Two travellers found an oyster in their way | B |
| Both fierce both hungry the dispute grew strong | C |
| While scale in hand Dame Justice pass'd along | C |
| Before her each with clamour pleads the laws | D |
| Explain'd the matter and would win the cause | E |
| Dame Justice weighing long the doubtful right | F |
| Takes opens swallows it before their sight | F |
| The cause of strife removed so rarely well | G |
| 'There take' says Justice 'take ye each a shell | G |
| We thrive at Westminster on fools like you | H |
| 'Twas a fat oyster live in peace adieu ' | - |
Alexander Pope
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