The Creditor To His Proud Debtor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDDCEEEF GGGCHHHCI JJJCKKKCI LLLCCCCCEEEF| Ha tott'ring Johny strut and boast | A |
| But think of what your feathers cost | B |
| Your crowing days are short at most | A |
| You bloom but soon to fade | C |
| Surely you could not stand so wide | D |
| If strictly to the bottom tried | D |
| The wind would blow your plume aside | D |
| If half your debts were paid | C |
| Then boast and bear the crack | E |
| With the sheriff at your back | E |
| Huzza for dandy Jack | E |
| My jolly fop my Joe | F |
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| The blue smoke from your segar flies | G |
| Offensive to my nose and eyes | G |
| The most of people would be wise | G |
| Your presence to evade | C |
| Your pocket jingles loud with cash | H |
| And thus you cut a foppish dash | H |
| But alas dear boy you would be trash | H |
| If your accounts were paid | C |
| Then boast and bear the crack c | I |
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| My duck bill boots would look as bright | J |
| Had you in justice served me right | J |
| Like you I then could step as light | J |
| Before a flaunting maid | C |
| As nicely could I clear my throat | K |
| And to my tights my eyes devote | K |
| But I'd leave you bare without that coat | K |
| For which you have not paid | C |
| Then boast and bear the crack c | I |
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| I'd toss myself with a scornful air | L |
| And to a poor man pay no care | L |
| I could rock cross leg'd on my chair | L |
| Within the cloister shade | C |
| I'd gird my neck with a light cravat | C |
| And creaning wear my bell crown hat | C |
| But away my down would fly at that | C |
| If once my debts were paid | C |
| Then boast and bear the crack | E |
| With a sheriff at your back | E |
| Huzza for dandy Jack | E |
| My jolly fop my Joe | F |
George Moses Horton
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