Epistle To Mrs. Tyler Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGG HHIIJJ JJKKLLMMIINNOOPPQQRR SS| It ever was allow'd dear Madam | A |
| Ev'n from the days of father Adam | A |
| Of all perfection flesh is heir to | B |
| Fair patience is the gentlest virtue | B |
| This is a truth our grandames teach | C |
| Our poets sing and parsons preach | C |
| Yet after all dear Moll the fact is | D |
| We seldom put it into practice | E |
| I'll warrant if one knew the truth | F |
| You've call'd me many an idle youth | F |
| And styl'd me rude ungrateful bear | G |
| Enough to make a parson swear | G |
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| I shall not make a long oration | H |
| in order for my vindication | H |
| For what the plague can I say more | I |
| Than lazy dogs have done before | I |
| Such stuff is naught but mere tautology | J |
| And so take that for my apology | J |
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| First then for custards my dear Mary | J |
| The produce of your dainty dairy | J |
| For stew'd for bak'd for boil'd for roast | K |
| And all the teas and all the toast | K |
| With thankful tongue and bowing attitude | L |
| I here present you with my gratitude | L |
| Next for you apples pears and plums | M |
| Acknowledgment in order comes | M |
| For wine for ale for fowl for fish for | I |
| Ev'n all one's appetite can wish for | I |
| But O ye pens and O ye pencils | N |
| And all ye scribbling utensils | N |
| Say in what words and in what meter | O |
| Shall unfeign'd admiration greet her | O |
| For that rich banquet so refin'd | P |
| Her conversation gave the mind | P |
| The solid meal of sense and worth | Q |
| Set off by the desert of mirth | Q |
| Wit's fruit and pleasure's genial bowl | R |
| And all the joyous flow of soul | R |
| For these and every kind ingredient | S |
| That form'd your love your most obedient | S |
Christopher Smart
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