Cadet Grey: Canto I Poem Rhyme Scheme

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I	A
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Act first scene first A study Of a kind	B
Half cell half salon opulent yet grave	C
Rare books low shelved yet far above the mind	B
Of common man to compass or to crave	C
Some slight relief of pamphlets that inclined	B
The soul at first to trifling till dismayed	D
By text and title it drew back resigned	B
Nor cared with levity to vex a shade	D
That to itself such perfect concord made	D
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II	A
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Some thoughts like these perplexed the patriot brain	E
Of Jones Lawgiver to the Commonwealth	F
As on the threshold of this chaste domain	E
He paused expectant and looked up in stealth	F
To darkened canvases that frowned amain	E
With stern eyed Puritans who first began	E
To spread their roots in Georgius Primus' reign	E
Nor dropped till now obedient to some plan	E
Their century fruit the perfect Boston man	E
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III	A
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Somewhere within that Russia scented gloom	G
A voice catarrhal thrilled the Member's ear	H
Brief is our business Jones Look round this room	G
Regard yon portraits Read their meaning clear	I
These much proclaim MY station I presume	G
YOU are our Congressman before whose wit	J
And sober judgment shall the youth appear	I
Who for West Point is deemed most just and fit	J
To serve his country and to honor it	J
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IV	C
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Such is my son Elsewhere perhaps 'twere wise	K
Trial competitive should guide your choice	L
There are some people I can well surmise	K
Themselves must show their merits History's voice	L
Spares me that trouble all desert that lies	K
In yonder ancestor of Queen Anne's day	M
Or yon grave Governor is all my boy's	N
Reverts to him entailed as one might say	M
In brief result in Winthrop Adams Grey	M
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V	C
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He turned and laid his well bred hand and smiled	O
On the cropped head of one who stood beside	P
Ah me in sooth it was no ruddy child	O
Nor brawny youth that thrilled the father's pride	P
'Twas but a Mind that somehow had beguiled	O
From soulless Matter processes that served	Q
For speech and motion and digestion mild	O
Content if all one moral purpose nerved	O
Nor recked thereby its spine were somewhat curved	O
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VI	C
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He was scarce eighteen Yet ere he was eight	O
He had despoiled the classics much he knew	E
Of Sanskrit not that he placed undue weight	O
On this but that it helped him with Hebrew	E
His favorite tongue He learned alas too late	O
One can't begin too early would regret	O
That boyish whim to ascertain the state	O
Of Venus' atmosphere made him forget	O
That philologic goal on which his soul was set	O
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VII	C
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He too had traveled at the age of ten	E
Found Paris empty dull except for art	O
And accent Mabille with its glories then	E
Less than Egyptian Almees touched a heart	O
Nothing if not pure classic If some men	E
Thought him a prig it vexed not his conceit	O
But moved his pity and ofttimes his pen	E
The better to instruct them through some sheet	O
Published in Boston and signed Beacon Street	O
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VIII	C
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From premises so plain the blind could see	C
But one deduction and it came next day	O
In times like these the very name of G	C
Speaks volumes wrote the Honorable J	O
Inclosed please find appointment Presently	C
Came a reception to which Harvard lent	O
Fourteen professors and to give esprit	C
The Liberal Club some eighteen ladies sent	O
Five that spoke Greek and thirteen sentiment	O
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IX	C
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Four poets came who loved each other's song	R
And two philosophers who thought that they	O
Were in most things impractical and wrong	R
And two reformers each in his own way	O
Peculiar one who had waxed strong	R
On herbs and water and such simple fare	S
Two foreign lions Ram See and Chy Long	R
And several artists claimed attention there	S
Based on the fact they had been snubbed elsewhere	S
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X	C
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With this indorsement nothing now remained	O
But counsel Godspeed and some calm adieux	C
No foolish tear the father's eyelash stained	O
And Winthrop's cheek as guiltless shone of dew	E
A slight publicity such as obtained	O
In classic Rome these few last hours attended	O
The day arrived the train and depot gained	O
The mayor's own presence this last act commended	O
The train moved off and here the first act ended	O

Bret Harte

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