The Property Of A Gentleman Who Has Given Up Collecting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HDHI JKLK MNMN OPOP QRQR| Oh blessed be the cart that takes | A |
| Away my books my curse my clog | B |
| Blessed the auctioneer who makes | A |
| Their inefficient catalogue | C |
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| Blessed the purchasers who pay | D |
| However little less were fit | E |
| Blessed the rooms the rainy day | D |
| The knock out and the end of it | E |
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| For I am weary of the sport | F |
| That seemed a while agone so sweet | G |
| Of Elzevirs an inch too short | F |
| And First Editions incomplete | G |
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| Weary of crests and coats of arms | H |
| Attributed to Padeloup | D |
| The sham Deromes have lost their charms | H |
| The things Le Gascon did not do | I |
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| I never read the catalogues | J |
| Of rubbish that come thick as rooks | K |
| But most I loathe the dreary dogs | L |
| That write in prose or worse on books | K |
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| Large paper surely cannot hide | M |
| Their grammar nor excuse their rhyme | N |
| The anecdotes that they provide | M |
| Are older than the dawn of time | N |
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| Ye bores of every shape and size | O |
| Who make a tedium of delight | P |
| Good bye the last of my good byes | O |
| Good night to all your clan good night | P |
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| Thus in a sullen fit we swore | Q |
| But on mature reflection | R |
| Went on collecting more and more | Q |
| And kept our old collection | R |
Andrew Lang
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