The Lips Of Ages Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEDDDDFF GGHHIIFF| Down thro' the ages these same sticks | A |
| Have played on man their knavish tricks | A |
| Down thro' the ages these false lips | B |
| Have been as blessings or as whips | B |
| To scourge poor man to actions rash | C |
| In waging wars or wasting cash | C |
| Down thro' the years when Adam grieves | D |
| Look to those painted lips of Eve's | D |
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| Once modesty suggested stealth | E |
| In simulating glowing health | E |
| But now alas no shame restrains | D |
| Toilets performed in trams in trains | D |
| At table for these candid days | D |
| Make nothing of the frank displays | D |
| Of carmine lard and lanoline | F |
| To make plain Jane a beauteous queen | F |
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| Down thro' the ages pig and sheep | G |
| Have tribute paid that men might weep | G |
| Or laugh or love or go quite mad | H |
| Because of lips in grease paint clad | H |
| Down thro' the years when heroes fall | I |
| Look not for mortal wound at all | I |
| Seek on his brow the thin red line | F |
| Of carmined lips Eve's fatal sign | F |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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