Friar Lubin. (from The French) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHDID GJKJLDLD MNNDD| To gallop off to town post haste | A |
| So oft the times I cannot tell | B |
| To do vile deed nor feel disgraced | A |
| Friar Lubin will do it well | B |
| But a sober life to lead | C |
| To honor virtue and pursue it | D |
| That's a pious Christian deed | E |
| Friar Lubin can not do it | D |
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| To mingle with a knowing smile | F |
| The goods of others with his own | G |
| And leave you without cross or pile | F |
| Friar Lubin stands alone | G |
| To say 't is yours is all in vain | H |
| If once he lays his finger to it | D |
| For as to giving back again | I |
| Friar Lubin cannot do it | D |
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| With flattering words and gentle tone | G |
| To woo and win some guileless maid | J |
| Cunning pander need you none | K |
| Friar Lubin knows the trade | J |
| Loud preacheth he sobriety | L |
| But as for water doth eschew it | D |
| Your dog may drink it but not he | L |
| Friar Lubin cannot do it | D |
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| ENVOY | M |
| When an evil deed 's to do | N |
| Friar Lubin is stout and true | N |
| Glimmers a ray of goodness through it | D |
| Friar Lubin cannot do it | D |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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