Blue And Buff Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDDEEDDFF GGHHIIJJDD DDKKDDLLDDJMIN ODDDAAOOAAMMKK PQOO DDDDDDRRDDCome sportive Muse with plume satiric | A |
Describe each lawless bold empiric | A |
Who with the Blue and Buffs' sad crew | B |
Now stripp'd in buff shall look so blue | B |
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First paint L d H w k boisterous rough | C |
Dealer in wholesale quack'ry stuff | C |
Who far beyond famed Katterfelt | D |
Prescribed what ne'er was seen or felt | D |
Left Law and Reason in the lurch | E |
To mould the Senate twist the Church | E |
But wand'ring once from Downing street | D |
Great Buckingham's old dome to greet | D |
With grand Catholiconian pill | F |
Was lost on Constitution hill | F |
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Next W dh m metaphysic elf | G |
Who all things knows except himself | G |
Three tedious hours who raves and talks | H |
Of all that in his cranium stalks | H |
Whose regular ideas fear | I |
Militia much more Volunteer | I |
A wild inapplicable genius | J |
Scarce versed in policy's qu genus | J |
In syntax yet more scantly read | D |
Without one concord in his head | D |
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Now Muse direct the shaft of wit | D |
Where little P tty apes great Pitt | D |
This year in woe begone oration | K |
To Britons paints a bankrupt nation | K |
Resources all dilapidate | D |
Taxation at extremest fate | D |
Whilst next this little great small man | L |
Heigh presto pass by one bold plan | L |
Restores you all to peace and plenty | D |
The deuce is in't won't this content ye | D |
With necromantic rod of Moses | J |
A twig cut from a bush of roses | M |
To ease at once your ev'ry fear | I |
Turns bear to bull and bull to bear | N |
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Nor miss dear Muse to gild my tale | O |
The gallant E rl of L d e | D |
Who late to Paris post was sent to | D |
Become the dupe of Benevento | D |
Hush'd to soft sleep like Baby Bunting | A |
Whilst Fap the Great went out a hunting | A |
Or was it say thou bonny chiel | O |
Thy ardent love for Britain's weal | O |
That led thy steps a peep to take | A |
At thy great territorial stake | A |
The purchase of thine assignats | M |
Thy Corso Gallican contrats | M |
At once th' opprobrium and solution | K |
Of all thy love for revolution | K |
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The Muse recoils as something shock'd her | P |
To charge with harm the harmless D ct r | Q |
When una voce all allow | O |
He would do right if he knew how | O |
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But if amongst this motely crew | D |
One man of real parts we view | D |
With mind for highest station fit | D |
The colleague friend yet foe of Pitt | D |
He to whose merits all men granted | D |
That Pitt's last list one great name wanted | D |
He who with every talent shone | R |
Except consistency alone | R |
We smile if such a man there be | D |
But weep if Grenville should be he | D |
George Canning
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