L'ancien Regime Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEAA AAFFGGHHAA AAIIJJKKAA AALLMMNNAA AAOOPPHHAA AAQRSSTTAA AAUUVVTTAA AAWWWWWWAA AAXXWWWWAAWho has a thing to bring | A |
For a gift to our lord the king | A |
Our king all kings above | B |
A young girl brought him love | B |
And he dowered her with shame | C |
With a sort of infamous fame | C |
And then with lonely years | D |
Of penance and bitter tears | E |
Love is scarcely the thing | A |
To bring as a gift for our king | A |
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Who has a thing to bring | A |
For a gift to our lord the king | A |
A statesman brought him planned | F |
Justice for all the land | F |
And he in recompense got | G |
Fierce struggle with brigue and plot | G |
Then a fall from lofty place | H |
Into exile and disgrace | H |
Justice is never the thing | A |
To bring as a gift for our king | A |
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Who has a thing to bring | A |
For a gift to our lord the king | A |
A writer brought him truth | I |
And first he imprisoned the youth | I |
And then he bestowed a free pyre | J |
That the works might have plenty of fire | J |
And also to cure the pain | K |
Of the headache called thought in the brain | K |
Truth is a very bad thing | A |
To bring as a gift for our king | A |
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Who has a thing to bring | A |
For a gift to our lord the king | A |
The people brought their sure | L |
Loyalty fervid and pure | L |
And he gave them bountiful spoil | M |
Of taxes and hunger and toil | M |
Ignorance brutish plight | N |
And wholesale slaughter in fight | N |
Loyalty's quite the worst thing | A |
To bring as a gift for our king | A |
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Who has a thing to bring | A |
For a gift to our lord the king | A |
A courtier brought to his feet | O |
Servility graceful and sweet | O |
With an ever ready smile | P |
And an ever supple guile | P |
And he got in reward the place | H |
Of the statesman in disgrace | H |
Servility's always a thing | A |
To bring as a gift for our king | A |
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Who has a thing to bring | A |
For a gift to our lord the king | A |
A soldier brought him war | Q |
La gloire la victoire | R |
Ravage and carnage and groans | S |
For the pious Te Deum tones | S |
And he got in return for himself | T |
Rank and honors and pelf | T |
War is a very fine thing | A |
To bring as a gift for our king | A |
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Who has a thing to bring | A |
For a gift to our lord the king | A |
A harlot brought him her flesh | U |
Her lusts and the manifold mesh | U |
Of her wiles intervolved with caprice | V |
And he gave her his realm to fleece | V |
To corrupt to ruin and gave | T |
Himself for her toy and her slave | T |
Harlotry's just the thing | A |
To bring as a gift for our king | A |
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Who has a thing to bring | A |
For a gift to our lord the king | A |
Our king who fears to die | W |
A priest brought him a lie | W |
The blackness of hell uprolled | W |
In heaven's shining gold | W |
And he got as guerdon for that | W |
A see and a cardinal's hat | W |
A lie is an excellent thing | A |
To bring as a gift for our king | A |
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Has any one yet a thing | A |
For a gift to our lord the king | A |
The country gave him a tomb | X |
A magnificent sleeping room | X |
And for this it obtained some rest | W |
Clear riddance of many a pest | W |
And a hope which it much enjoyed | W |
That the throne would continue void | W |
A tomb is the very best thing | A |
For a gift to our lord the king | A |
James Thomson
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