At Beauty's Bar As I Did Stand Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDE FGHGI JKJLM JHJHJJ JNJNJ COCOHH JJJJP QCQCR S T TT| AT Beauty's bar as I did stand | A |
| When False Suspect accused | B |
| George '' quod the judge hold up thy hand | A |
| Thou art arraigned of flattery | C |
| Tell therefore how thou wilt be tried | D |
| Whose judgment here wilt thou abide '' | E |
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| My lord '' quod I this lady here | F |
| Whom I esteem above the rest | G |
| Doth know my guilt if any were | H |
| Wherefore her doom shall please me best | G |
| Let her be judge and juror both | I |
| To try me guiltless by mine oath '' | - |
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| Quod Beauty No it fitteth not | J |
| A Prince herself to judge the cause | K |
| Will is our Justice well you wot | J |
| Appointed to discuss our laws | L |
| If you will guiltless seem to go | M |
| God and your country quit you so '' | - |
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| Then Craft the crier called a quest | J |
| Of whom was Falsehood foremost fere | H |
| A pack of pickthanks were the rest | J |
| Which came fale witness for to bear | H |
| The jury such the judge unjust | J |
| Sentence was said I should be trussed | J |
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| Jealous the jailer bound me fast | J |
| To hear the verdict of the bill | N |
| George '' quod the judge now thou art cast | J |
| Thou must go hence to Heavy Hill | N |
| And there be hanged all but the head | J |
| God rest thy soul when thou art dead '' | - |
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| Down fell I thn upon my knee | C |
| All flat before Dame Beauty's face | O |
| And cried Good Lady pardon me | C |
| Which here appeal unto your Grace | O |
| You know if I have been untrue | H |
| It was in too much praising you | H |
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| And though this judge do make such haste | J |
| To shed with shame my guiltless blood | J |
| Yet let your pity first be placed | J |
| To save the man that meant you good | J |
| So shall you show yourself a queen | P |
| And I may be your servant seen '' | - |
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| Quod Beauty Well because I guess | Q |
| What thou dost mean henceforth to be | C |
| Although thy faults deserve no less | Q |
| Than Justice here hath judged thee | C |
| Wilt thou be bound to stint all strife | R |
| And be true prisoner all thy life '' | - |
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| Yea madam '' quod I that I shall | S |
| Lo Faith and Truth my sureties '' | - |
| Why then '' quod she come when I call | T |
| I ask no better warrantise '' | - |
| Thus am I Beauty's bounden thrall | T |
| At her command when she doth call | T |
George Gascoigne
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