The Devoutly Thankful Lover Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CCCC DEDE FCFC GCGC| So Nell was married yesterday | A |
| Let's fill a bumper mellow | B |
| And drain it to old Hymen's sway | A |
| And to the lucky fellow | B |
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| Time was when was 'gone' on her | C |
| When each day I'd discover | C |
| Fresh charms to make my pulses stir | C |
| And fool like act the lover | C |
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| Her eyes were bright as stars at night | D |
| Her lips were like to coral | E |
| And Nell was in her lover's sight | D |
| As beautiful as moral | E |
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| But now with joy we drink his health | F |
| Whom Nell did most prefer | C |
| And wish him lots of luck and wealth | F |
| Who's lately married her | C |
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| I loved for Nell was fair and tall | G |
| And sweet as fragrant clover | C |
| But now I love her most of all | G |
| Because she threw me over | C |
Harry 'breaker' Harbord Morant
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