The May Term Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB C DDDEABAB FGFGHIHI JEJEKLM BA AHLHL BNBODADA PAQAR RS ROROHLHL ATAT UJU JAJADLDL| Mille venit variis florum Dea nexa coronis | A |
| Scena ioci morem liberioris habet | B |
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| OV FAST IV | C |
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| I wish that the May Term were over | D |
| That its wearisome pleasures were o'er | D |
| And I were reclining in clover | D |
| On the downs by a wave beaten shore | E |
| For fathers and mothers by dozens | A |
| And sisters a host without end | B |
| Are bringing up numberless cousins | A |
| Who have each a particular friend | B |
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| I'm not yet confirmed in misogyny | F |
| They are all very well in their way | G |
| But my heart is as hard as mahogany | F |
| When I think of the ladies in May | G |
| I shudder at each railway whistle | H |
| Like a very much victimized lamb | I |
| For I know that the carriages bristle | H |
| With ladies invading the Cam | I |
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| Last week as in due preparation | J |
| For reading I sported my door | E |
| With surprise and no small indignation | J |
| I picked up this note on the floor | E |
| 'Dear E we are coming to see you | K |
| 'So get us some lunch if you can | L |
| 'We shall take you to Grassy as Jehu | M |
| 'Your affectionate friend Mary Ann ' | - |
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| Affectionate friend I'm disgusted | B |
| With proofs of affection like these | A |
| I'm growing 'old tawny and crusted ' | - |
| Tho' my nature is easy to please | A |
| An Englishman's home is his castle | H |
| So I think that my friend Mary Ann | L |
| Should respect tho' she deem him her vassal | H |
| The rooms of a reading young man | L |
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| In the days of our fathers how pleasant | B |
| The May Term up here must have been | N |
| No chignons distracting were present | B |
| And scarcely a bonnet was seen | O |
| As the boats paddled round Grassy Corner | D |
| No ladies examined the crews | A |
| Or exclaimed with the voice of the scorner | D |
| 'Look how Mr Arculus screws | A |
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| But now there are ladies in College | P |
| There are ladies in Chapels and Halls | A |
| No doubt 'tis a pure love of knowledge | Q |
| That brings them within our old walls | A |
| For they talk about Goldie's 'beginning' | R |
| Know the meaning of 'finish' and 'scratch ' | - |
| And will bet even gloves on our winning | R |
| The Boat Race Athletics or Match | S |
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| There's nothing but music and dancing | R |
| Bands playing on each College green | O |
| And bright eyes are merrily glancing | R |
| Where nothing but books should be seen | O |
| They tell of a grave Dean a fable | H |
| That reproving an idle young man | L |
| He faltered for on his own table | H |
| He detected in horror a fan | L |
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| Through Libraries Kitchens Museums | A |
| These Prussian like Amazons rush | T |
| Over manuscripts joints mausoleums | A |
| With equal intensity gush | T |
| Then making their due 'requisition ' | - |
| From 'the lions' awhile they refrain | U |
| And repose in the perfect fruition | J |
| Of ices cold fowl and champagne | U |
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| Mr Editor answer my question | J |
| When O when shall this tyranny cease | A |
| Shall the process of mental digestion | J |
| Ne'er find from the enemy peace | A |
| Above all if my name you should guess Sir | D |
| Keep it quite to yourself if you can | L |
| For I dread more than words can express Sir | D |
| My affectionate friend Mary Ann | L |
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Edward Woodley Bowling
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