How Rumplestilz Held Out In Vain For A Bonus Poem Rhyme Scheme

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In Germany there lived an earl	A
Who had a charming niece	B
And never gave the timid girl	A
A single moment's peace	B
Whatever low and menial task	C
His fancy flitted through	D
He did not hesitate to ask	C
That shrinking child to do	D
I see with truly honest shame you	D
Are blushing and I do not blame you	D
A tale like this the feelings softens	E
And brings the tears as does Two Orphans	E
	-
She had to wash the windows and	F
She had to scrub the floors	G
She had to lend a willing hand	H
To fifty other chores	G
She gave the dog his exercise	I
She read the earl the news	J
She ironed all his evening ties	I
And polished all his shoes	J
She cleaned the tins that filled the dairy	K
She cut the claws of the canary	K
And then at night with manner winsome	L
When coal was wanted carried in some	L
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But though these tasks were quite enough	M
He thought them all too few	D
And so her uncle rude and rough	M
Invented something new	D
He took her to a little room	N
Her willingness to tax	O
And pointed out a broken loom	N
And half a ton of flax	O
Observing Spin six pairs of trousers	P
His haughty manner seemed to rouse hers	P
She met his scornful glances proudly	K
	-
But when the earl went down the stair	Q
She yielded to her fears	R
Gave way at last to grim despair	Q
And melted into tears	S
When suddenly from out the wall	T
As if he felt at home	U
There pounced a singularly small	T
And much distorted gnome	U
He smiled a smile extremely vapid	V
And set to work in fashion rapid	W
No time for resting he deducted	V
And soon the trousers were constructed	W
	-
The girl observed How very nice	X
To help me out this way	Y
The gnome replied A certain price	X
Of course you'll have to pay	Y
I'll call to morrow afternoon	Z
My due reward to claim	A2
And then you'll sing another tune	Z
Unless you guess my name	A2
He indicated with a gesture	B2
The pile of newly fashioned vesture	B2
His eyes on hers a moment centered	C2
And then he went as he had entered	C2
	-
As by this tale you have been grieved	D2
And heartily distressed	E2
Kind sir you will be much relieved	D2
To know his name she guessed	E2
	-
But if I do not tell the same	A2
Pray count it not a crime	F2
I've tried my best and for that name	A2
I can't find any rhyme	F2
Yet spare me from remarks injurious	G2
I will not leave you foiled and furious	G2
If something must proclaim the answer	B2
And I cannot the title can sir	B2
	-
	-
The Moral is All said and done	H2
There's nothing new beneath the sun	H2
And many times before a title	I2
Was incapacity's requital	I2

Guy Wetmore Carryl

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