Ballade Of His Books Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCCC CCCCCCCC CCCCCCCC D CCC| Here stand my books line upon line | A |
| They reach the roof and row by row | B |
| They speak of faded tastes of mine | A |
| And things I did but do not know | B |
| Old school books useless long ago | B |
| Old Logics where the spirit railed in | C |
| Could scarcely answer 'yes' or 'no' | C |
| The many things I've tried and failed in | C |
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| Here's Villon in morocco fine | C |
| The Poet starved in mud and snow | C |
| Glatigny does not crave to dine | C |
| And Rene's tears forget to flow | C |
| And here's a work by Mrs Crowe | C |
| With hosts of ghosts and bogies jailed in | C |
| Ah all my ghosts have gone below | C |
| The many things I've tried and failed in | C |
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| He's touched this mouldy Greek divine | C |
| The Princess D'Este's hand of snow | C |
| And here the arms of D'Hoym shine | C |
| And there's a tear bestained Rousseau | C |
| Here's Carlyle shrieking 'woe on woe' | C |
| The first edition this he wailed in | C |
| I once believed in him but oh | C |
| The many things I've tried and failed in | C |
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| ENVOY | D |
| - | |
| Prince tastes may differ mine and thine | C |
| Quite other balances are scaled in | C |
| May you succeed though I repine | C |
| 'The many things I've tried and failed in ' | - |
Andrew Lang
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