An April Fool Poem Rhyme Scheme

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I sallied afield when the bud first swells	A
And the sun first slanteth hotly	B
And I came on a yokel in cap and bells	A
And a suit of saffron motley	B
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He was squat on a bank where a self taught stream	C
Fingering flint and pebble	D
Was playing in tune to the yaffel's scream	C
And the shake of the throstle's treble	D
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Now who may you be '' I asked and where	E
Do you look for your meals and pillow ''	-
My roof '' he said is the spacious air	E
And my curtain the waving willow	F
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My meal is a shive of the miller's loaf	G
And hunger the grace that blesses	H
'Tis banquet enough for a village oaf	G
With a handful of fresh green cresses	I
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A plague on your feasts where the dish goes round	J
Though I know where the truffles burrow	F
And the plover's eggs may in fours be found	J
In the folds of the pleated furrow	F
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And my name O I am an April Fool	K
So yclept in the hamlet yonder	L
For when old and young are at work or school	K
I sit on a stile and ponder	L
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I gather the yellow weasel snout	M
As I wander the woods at random	N
Or I stoop stone still and tickle the trout	M
And at times for a lark I land 'em	N
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But I flick them back ere they gape and pant	O
After gazing at gill and speckle	D
For why should I keep what I do not want	P
Who can fish without hook or heckle	D
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Yes I am an April Fool confessed	Q
And my pate grows not wise for scratching	R
But I know where the kingfisher drills his nest	Q
And the long tailed tits are hatching ''	-
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Then he leaped to his feet and he shook his bells	A
And they jangled all together	L
As blithe as the chime that sinks and swells	A
For the joy of a nuptial tether	L
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And as they chimed in the covert near	S
Where ripens the juicy whortle	D
The rustling whisper reached my ear	T
Of a loitering maiden's kirtle	D
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Whereat he laughed I'm an April Fool	D
But am jocund withal and jolly	D
So long as I have this realm to rule	D
And a lass to love my folly	D
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Go and woo where the deftly fair parade	U
The smiles of a fine court lady	D
But I will cuddle my rustic maid	U
In the pheasant drives husht and shady	D
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Her cheek is as creamy as milk in June	V
And the winds nor chap nor warp it	W
We dance with the blackbird to give the tune	V
And with primroses for carpet	X
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Her quick flashing fingers knit the hose	Y
For her little feet neat and nimble	D
Her kiss is as sweet as a half shut rose	Y
And her laugh like a silver cymbal	D
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She never asks how my fortunes fare	E
Nor wonders how full my purse is	H
She sits on my knee and she strokes my hair	E
And I tell her my wildwood verses	I
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She has not a gem she can call her own	Z
But I rest on a sheepfold hurdle	D
And out of the daffodils newly blown	Z
Entwine her a golden girdle	D
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And soon I shall have for my nut sweet girl	D
When the May tree is adorning	R
Its weather tanned skin with rows of pearl	D
A new necklace night and morning	R
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When shortly we catch the cuckoo's call	D
We shall clap our hands to hear him	A2
For let whom they may his gibes appal	D
This April Fool don't fear him ''	-
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Then a wind cloud hued like a ringdove's neck	B2
Made the rain run helter skelter	L
The keen drops pattered on bank and beck	B2
And I crouched in the ditch for shelter	L
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But he whistled his love and he waved his cap	C2
And the bells all rang together	L
Just fancy '' he cried to care one rap	C2
For the whims of wind or weather	L
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Through all the seasons I keep my youth	D2
Which is more than you town folk do sir	L
Now which is the April Fool in sooth	D2
Do you think it is I or you sir ''	-
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Then the rain ceased slashing on branch and pool	D
And swift came the sunshine after	L
And the thrush and the yaffel screamed April Fool ''	-
And the covert rang with laughter	L

Alfred Austin

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