How The Babes In The Wood Showed They Couldn't Be Beaten Poem Rhyme Scheme

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A man of kind and noble mind	A
Was H Gustavus Hyde	B
'Twould be amiss to add to this	C
At present for he died	B
In full possession of his senses	D
The day before my tale commences	E
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One half his gold his four year old	F
Son Paul was known to win	G
And Beatrix whose age was six	H
For all the rest came in	G
Perceiving which their Uncle Ben did	I
A thing that people said was splendid	J
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For by the hand he took them and	K
Remarked in accents smooth	L
One thing I ask Be mine the task	M
These stricken babes to soothe	L
My country home is really charming	N
I'll teach them all the joys of farming	N
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One halcyon week they fished his creek	O
And watched him do the chores	P
In haylofts hid and shouting slid	I
Down sloping cellar doors	P
Because this life to bliss was equal	Q
The more distressing is the sequel	Q
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Concealing guile beneath a smile	R
He took them to a wood	S
And with severe and most austere	T
Injunctions to be good	S
He left them seated on a gateway	U
And took his own departure straightway	U
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Though much afraid the children stayed	V
From ten till nearly eight	W
At times they wept at times they slept	X
But never left the gate	W
Until the swift suspicion crossed them	Y
That Uncle Benjamin had lost them	Y
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Then quite unnerved young Paul observed	Z
It's like a dreadful dream	A2
And Uncle Ben has fallen ten	B2
Per cent in my esteem	A2
Not only did he first usurp us	C2
But now he's left us here on purpose	C2
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For countless years their childish fears	D2
Have made the reader pale	E2
For countless years the public's tears	F2
Have started at the tale	E2
For countless years much detestation	B2
Has been expressed for their relation	B2
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So draw a veil across the dale	E2
Where stood that ghastly gate	W
No need to tell You know full well	G2
What was their touching fate	W
And how with leaves each little dead breast	H2
Was covered by a Robin Redbreast	H2
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But when they found them on the ground	H2
Although their life had ceased	H2
Quite near to Paul there lay a small	I2
White paper neatly creased	H2
Because of lack of any merit	H2
B Hyde it ran we disinherit	H2
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The Moral If you deeply long	J2
To punish one who's done you wrong	J2
Though in your lifetime fail you may	U
Where there's a will there is a way	U

Guy Wetmore Carryl

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