Charles Harpur

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The Drunkard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD ECEFCCGG CHCIJJKK CCCCBLCC MNMOPPCC

Disease was lurking in the cupA
Disastrous folly mantling thereB
For promised joys he quaffed it upA
And his were ruin and despairB
Yes so deceived he tasted firstC
And fashion the delusion nurstC
Till with the texture of his lifeD
It wove a warp of madness agony and strifeD
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The festive bowl to that he owesE
Those drops of shame which now bedewC
His burning brows the hell of woesE
His haggard spirit rushing throughF
Young innocent he took the roadC
That leads to honor s bright abodeC
But joined unwarned upon the wayG
A bacchanalian troop there stationed to betrayG
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Oh could he but recall the pastC
Oh could he be what he had beenH
The pearls of mental promise castC
Away for riot s joys obsceneI
Could he reclaim and knew his soulJ
To execrate as now the bowlJ
That voice which sang to his brave youthK
High hopes and glorious aims were still a voice of truthK
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Oh what like self contempt can blastC
The lofty hope the wish refinedC
In bitter mockery at the lastC
Infirmity of noble mindC
It laughs a laugh in which despairB
And wild defiance mingled areL
And not even madness can exemptC
The votary of the bowl from grinning self contemptC
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Yet could he but forbear to raiseM
The hellward hastening draught againN
Time yet might quench the lurid blazeM
The fiery serpent in his brainO
Friendship might take his hand once moreP
Fond love caress him as beforeP
And gentle peace and comfort mildC
Smile on his future years as on his youth they smiledC

Charles Harpur



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