The Song Of Right And Wrong Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FCAFGHFH IJKJILIL MLJLCNANFeast on wine or fast on water | A |
And your honour shall stand sure | B |
God Almighty's son and daughter | A |
He the valiant she the pure | B |
If an angel out of heaven | C |
Brings you other things to drink | D |
Thank him for his kind attentions | E |
Go and pour them down the sink | D |
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Tea is like the East he grows in | F |
A great yellow Mandarin | C |
With urbanity of manner | A |
And unconsciousness of sin | F |
All the women like a harem | G |
At his pig tail troop along | H |
And like all the East he grows in | F |
He is Poison when he's strong | H |
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Tea although an Oriental | I |
Is a gentleman at least | J |
Cocoa is a cad and coward | K |
Cocoa is a vulgar beast | J |
Cocoa is a dull disloyal | I |
Lying crawling cad and clown | L |
And may very well be grateful | I |
To the fool that takes him down | L |
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As for all the windy waters | M |
They were rained like tempests down | L |
When good drink had been dishonoured | J |
By the tipplers of the town | L |
When red wine had brought red ruin | C |
And the death dance of our times | N |
Heaven sent us Soda Water | A |
As a torment for our crimes | N |
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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