1819 New Year's Carrier's Address Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFBBGGHHBBII JC| Believe me dear patrons I have wand'red too far | A |
| Without any compass or planet or star | A |
| My dear native village I scarcely can see | B |
| So I'll hie to my hive like the tempest tost bee | B |
| Hail home sacred home to my soul ever dear | C |
| Abroad may be wonders but rapture is here | D |
| My future ambition will never soar higher | E |
| Than the clean brushed hearth and convivial fire | E |
| Here I lounge at my pleasure and bask at my ease | F |
| Full readily sooth'd and desirous to please | F |
| As happy myself as I happy can be | B |
| I wish all the circle as happy as me | B |
| But hark what a clatter the Jolly bells ringing | G |
| The lads and the lasses so jovially singing | G |
| Tis New Years they shout and then haul me along | H |
| In the mdist of their merry make Juvenile throng | H |
| But I burst from their grasp unforgetful of duty | B |
| To first pay obeisence to wisdom and Beauty | B |
| My conscience and int'rest unite to command it | I |
| And you my kind PATRONS deserve demand it | I |
| On your patience to trespass no longer I dare | J |
| So bowing I wish you a Happy New Year | C |
Henry Livingston Jr.
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