A Toast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE BGBHIIH JKLMNBOB BGBHIIH| There's wine in the cup Vancouver | A |
| And there's warmth in my heart for you | B |
| While I drink to your health your youth and your wealth | C |
| And the things that you yet will do | B |
| In a vintage rare and olden | D |
| With a flavour fine and keen | E |
| Fill the glass to the edge while I stand up to pledge | F |
| My faith to my western queen | E |
| - | |
| Then here's a Ho Vancouver in wine of the bonniest hue | B |
| With a hand on my hip and the cup at my lip | G |
| And a love in my life for you | B |
| For you are a jolly good fellow with a great big heart I know | H |
| So I drink this toast | I |
| To the Queen of the Coast | I |
| Vancouver here's a Ho | H |
| - | |
| And here's to the days that are coming | J |
| And here's to the days that are gone | K |
| And here's to your gold and your spirit bold | L |
| And your luck that has held its own | M |
| And here's to your hands so sturdy | N |
| And here's to your hearts so true | B |
| And here's to the speed of the day decreed | O |
| That brings me again to you | B |
| - | |
| Then here's a Ho Vancouver in wine of the bonniest hue | B |
| With a hand on my hip and the cup at my lip | G |
| And a love in my life for you | B |
| For you are a jolly good fellow with a great big heart I know | H |
| So I drink this toast | I |
| To the Queen of the Coast | I |
| Vancouver here's a Ho | H |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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