Moderate Men And Moderate Measures Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD ECCD FGFGCHCH EEEH| Praise to placeless proud ability | A |
| Let the prudent muse disclaim | B |
| And sing the Statesman all civility | A |
| Whom moderate talents raise to fame | B |
| He no random projects urging | C |
| Make us wild alarms to feel | D |
| With moderate measures gently purging | C |
| Ills that prey on Britain's weal | D |
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| CHORUS | E |
| Gently purging | C |
| Gently purging | C |
| Gently purging Britain's weal | D |
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| Addington with measured motion | F |
| Keep the tenor of thy way | G |
| To glory yield no rash devotion | F |
| Led by luring lights astray | G |
| Splendid talents are deceiving | C |
| Tend to councils much too bold | H |
| Moderate men we prize believing | C |
| All that glitters is not gold | H |
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| GRAND CHORUS | E |
| All that Glisters | E |
| All that Glisters | E |
| All that Glisters is not gold | H |
George Canning
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