The English Revolution Of 1848 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHHIJBBKK LMNOBBBBPPPPQQRRQQBB SSTTBBQIQ| HO ye that nothing have to lose ho rouse ye one and all | A |
| Come from the sinks of the New Cut the purlieus of Vauxhall | A |
| Did ye not hear the mighty sound boom by ye as it went | B |
| The Seven Dials strike the hour of man's enfranchisement | B |
| Ho cock your eyes my gallant pals and swing your heavy staves | C |
| Remember Kings and Queens being out the great cards will be Knaves | C |
| And when the pack is ours oh then at what a slapping pace | D |
| Shall the tens be trodden down to five and the fives kicked down to ace | D |
| It was but yesterday the Times and Post and Telegraph | E |
| Told how from France King Louy Phil was shaken out like chaff | E |
| To morrow boys the National the Si cle and the D bats | F |
| Shall have to tell the self same tale of La Reine Victoria | G |
| What shall our incomes we've not got be taxed by puny John | H |
| Shall the policeman keep Time back by bidding us move on | H |
| Shall we too follow in the steps of that poor sneak Cochrane | I |
| Shall it be said They came they saw and bolted back again | J |
| Not so albeit great men have been among us and are floor'd | B |
| Frost Williams Jones and other ones who now reside abroad | B |
| Among the master spirits of the age there still are those | K |
| Who'll pick up fame even though when smelt it makes men hold the nose | K |
| What ho there clear the way make room for him the fly and wise | L |
| Who wrote in mystic grammar about London's Mysteries | M |
| For him who takes a proud delight to wallow in our kennels | N |
| For Mr A B C D E F G M W Reynolds | O |
| Come hoist him up his pockets will afford convenient hold | B |
| To grab him by and if inside there silver is or gold | B |
| And should it be found sticking to our hands when they're drawn out | B |
| Why 'twere a chance not fair to say ill natured things about | B |
| Silence Hear hear He says that we're the sovereign people we | P |
| And now And now he states the fact that one and one make three | P |
| Now he makes casual mention of a certain Miscellany | P |
| He says that he's the editor He says it costs a penny | P |
| O thou great Spirit of the World shall not the lofty things | Q |
| He saith be borne unto all time for noble lessonings | Q |
| Shall not our sons tell to their sons what we could do and dare | R |
| In this the great year Forty eight and in Trafalgar Square | R |
| Swathed in foul wood yon column stood 'mid London's thousand marts | Q |
| And at their wine Committeemen grinned as they drank The Arts | Q |
| But our good flint stones have bowled down each poster hidden board | B |
| And from their hoarded malice our strong hands have stript the hoard | B |
| Yon column is a prouder thing than C sar's triumph arch | S |
| It shall be called The Column of the Glorious Days of March | S |
| And stonemasons' apprentices shall grow rich men therewith | T |
| By contract chiselling the names of Jones and Brown and Smith | T |
| Upon what point of London say shall our next vengeance burst | B |
| Shall the Exchange or Parliament be immolated first | B |
| Which of the Squares shall we burn down which of the Palaces | Q |
| The speaker is nailed by a policeman | I |
| Oh please sir don't It isn't me It's him Oh don't sir please | Q |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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