Godolphin Horne Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGGHIJJKKLL MMNNNNBBOOHHPPQQRSTT UUIIVV| Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride and Became a Boot Black | A |
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| Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born | B |
| He held the Human Race in Scorn | B |
| And lived with all his Sisters where | C |
| His father lived in Berkeley Square | C |
| And oh The Lad was Deathly Proud | D |
| He never shook your Hand or Bowed | D |
| But merely smirked and nodded thus | E |
| How perfectly ridiculous | E |
| Alas That such Affected Tricks | F |
| Should flourish in a Child of Six | F |
| For such was Young Godolphin's age | G |
| Just then the Court required a Page | G |
| Whereat the Lord High Chamberlain | H |
| The Kindest and the Best of Men | I |
| He went good naturedly and took | J |
| A perfectly enormous Book | J |
| Called People Qualified to Be | K |
| Attendant on His Majesty | K |
| And murmured as he scanned the list | L |
| To see that no one should be missed | L |
| There's William Coutts has got the Flu | M |
| And Billy Higgs would never do | M |
| And Guy de Vere is far too young | N |
| And wasn't D'Alton's father hung | N |
| And as for Alexander Byng | N |
| I think I know the kind of thing | N |
| A Churchman cleanly nobly born | B |
| Come let us say Godolphin Horne | B |
| But hardly had he said the word | O |
| When Murmurs of Dissent were heard | O |
| The King of Iceland's Eldest Son | H |
| Said Thank you I am taking none | H |
| The Aged Duchess of Athlone | P |
| Remarked in her sub acid tone | P |
| I doubt if He is what we need | Q |
| With which the Bishops all agreed | Q |
| And even Lady Mary Flood | R |
| So kind and oh So really good | S |
| Said No He wouldn't do at all | T |
| He'd make us feel a lot too small | T |
| The Chamberlain said Well well well | U |
| No doubt you're right One cannot tell | U |
| He took his Gold and Diamond Pen | I |
| And scratched Godolphin out again | I |
| So now Godolphin is the Boy | V |
| Who Blacks the Boots at the Savoy | V |
Hilaire Belloc
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