A Moral Vindicator Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAAIf Mr Jones Lycurgus B | A |
Had one peculiar quality | A |
'Twas his severe advocacy | A |
Of conjugal fidelity | A |
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His views of heaven were very free | A |
His views of life were painfully | A |
Ridiculous but fervently | A |
He dwelt on marriage sanctity | A |
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He frequently went on a spree | A |
But in his wildest revelry | A |
On this especial subject he | A |
Betrayed no ambiguity | A |
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And though at times Lycurgus B | A |
Did lay his hands not lovingly | A |
Upon his wife the sanctity | A |
Of wedlock was his guaranty | A |
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But Mrs Jones declined to see | A |
Affairs in the same light as he | A |
And quietly got a decree | A |
Divorcing her from that L B | A |
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And what did Jones Lycurgus B | A |
With his known idiosyncrasy | A |
He smiled a bitter smile to see | A |
And drew the weapon of Bowie | A |
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He did what Sickles did to Key | A |
What Cole on Hiscock wrought did he | A |
In fact on persons twenty three | A |
He proved the marriage sanctity | A |
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The counselor who took the fee | A |
The witnesses and referee | A |
The judge who granted the decree | A |
Died in that wholesale butchery | A |
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And then when Jones Lycurgus B | A |
Had wiped the weapon of Bowie | A |
Twelve jurymen did instantly | A |
Acquit and set Lycurgus free | A |
Bret Harte (francis)
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