Arcades Ambo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBCC DEDEEFEFF BGBBBHBHH| Why are ye wandering aye 'twixt porch and porch | A |
| Thou and thy fellow when the pale stars fade | B |
| At dawn and when the glowworm lights her torch | A |
| O Beadle of the Burlington Arcade | B |
| Who asketh why the Beautiful was made | B |
| A wan cloud drifting o'er the waste of blue | C |
| The thistledown that floats above the glade | B |
| The lilac blooms of April fair to view | C |
| And naught but fair are these and such I ween are you | C |
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| Yes ye are beautiful The young street boys | D |
| Joy in your beauty Are ye there to bar | E |
| Their pathway to that paradise of toys | D |
| Ribbons and rings Who'll blame ye if ye are | E |
| Surely no shrill and clattering crowd should mar | E |
| The dim aisle's stillness where in noon's mid glow | F |
| Trip fair hair'd girls to boot shop or bazaar | E |
| Where at soft eve serenely to and fro | F |
| The sweet boy graduates walk nor deem the pastime slow | F |
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| And O forgive me Beadles if I paid | B |
| Scant tribute to your worth when first ye stood | G |
| Before me robed in broadcloth and brocade | B |
| And all the nameless grace of Beadlehood | B |
| I would not smile at ye if smile I could | B |
| Now as erewhile ere I had learn'd to sigh | H |
| Ah no I know ye beautiful and good | B |
| And evermore will pause as I pass by | H |
| And gaze and gazing think how base a thing am I | H |
Charles Stuart Calverley
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