L'ancien Regime Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEAA AAFFGGHHAA AAIIJJKKAA AALLMMNNAA AAOOPPHHAA AAQRSSTTAA AAUUVVTTAA AAWWWWWWAA AAXXWWWWAA| Who 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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