Temperance Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEDFGHGG IJKJLGMGG| Written for the lady by whom it was sung | A |
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| Air Some love to roam | B |
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| Some love to stroll where the wassail bowl | C |
| And the wine cups circle free | D |
| None of that band shall win my hand | E |
| No a sober spouse for me | D |
| Like cheerful streams when morning beams | F |
| With him my life would flow | G |
| Not down the crags the drunkard drags | H |
| His wife to want and wo | G |
| Oh no no no oh no no no | G |
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| At midnight dark the drunkard mark | I |
| Oh what a sight good lack | J |
| As home draws near to him appear | K |
| Grim fiends who cross his track | J |
| His children's name he dooms to shame | L |
| His wife to want and wo | G |
| She is betrayed for wine is made | M |
| Her rival and her foe | G |
| Oh no no no oh no no no | G |
George Pope Morris
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