Ballade Of An Omnibus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEDDFDF CDCDDFGF EDEDDFGF EFEF| i To see my love suffices me i | A |
| Ballades in Blue China | B |
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| Some men to carriages aspire | C |
| On some the costly hansoms wait | D |
| Some seek a fly on job or hire | E |
| Some mount the trotting steed elate | D |
| I envy not the rich and great | D |
| A wandering minstrel poor and free | F |
| I am contented with my fate | D |
| An omnibus suffices me | F |
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| In winter days of rain and mire | C |
| I find within a corner strait | D |
| The 'busmen know me and my lyre | C |
| From Brompton to the Bull and Gate | D |
| When summer comes I mount in state | D |
| The topmost summit whence I see | F |
| Cr sus look up compassionate | G |
| An omnibus suffices me | F |
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| I mark untroubled by desire | E |
| Lucullus' phaeton and its freight | D |
| The scene whereof I cannot tire | E |
| The human tale of love and hate | D |
| The city pageant early and late | D |
| Unfolds itself rolls by to be | F |
| A pleasure deep and delicate | G |
| An omnibus suffices me | F |
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| Princess your splendour you require | E |
| I my simplicity agree | F |
| Neither to rate lower nor higher | E |
| An omnibus suffices me | F |
Amy Levy
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