Poet Henry Austin Dobson

Henry Austin Dobson

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Little Blue-ribbons Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDE FFGGHHEE IJKKLLEE MMLLLLEE NNLLLLEE

Little Blue Ribbons We call her thatA
From the ribbons she wears in her favourite hatA
For may not a person be only fiveB
And yet have the neatest of taste aliveB
As a matter of fact this one has viewsC
Of the strictest sort as to frocks and shoesC
And we never object to a sash or bowD
When little Blue Ribbons prefers it soE
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Little Blue Ribbons has eyes of blueF
And an arch little mouth when the teeth peep throughF
And her primitive look is wise and graveG
With a sense of the weight of the word behaveG
Though now and again she may condescendH
To a radiant smile for a private friendH
But to smile for ever is weak you knowE
And little Blue Ribbons regards it soE
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She's a staid little woman And so as wellI
Is her ladyship's doll Miss BonnibelleJ
But I think what at present the most takes upK
The thoughts of her heart is her last new cupK
For the object thereon be it understoodL
Is the Robin that buried the 'Babes in the Wood'L
It is not in the least like a robin thoughE
But little Blue Ribbons declares it soE
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Little Blue Ribbons believes I thinkM
That the rain comes down for the birds to drinkM
Moreover she holds in a cab you'd getL
To the spot where the suns of yesterday setL
And I know that she fully expects to meetL
With a lion or wolf in Regent StreetL
We may smile and deny as we like But noE
For little Blue Ribbons still dreams it soE
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Dear little Blue Ribbons She tells us allN
That she never intends to be great and tallN
For how could she ever contrive to sitL
In her own own chair if she grew one bitL
And further she says she intends to stayL
In her darling home till she gets quite grayL
Alas we are gray and we doubt you knowE
But little Blue Ribbons will have it soE

Henry Austin Dobson



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