L'ancien Regime Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEAA AAFFGGHHAA AAIIJJKKAA AALLMMNNAA AAOOPPHHAA AAQRSSTTAA AAUUVVTTAA AAWWWWWWAA AAXXWWWWAA

Who has a thing to bringA
For a gift to our lord the kingA
Our king all kings aboveB
A young girl brought him loveB
And he dowered her with shameC
With a sort of infamous fameC
And then with lonely yearsD
Of penance and bitter tearsE
Love is scarcely the thingA
To bring as a gift for our kingA
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Who has a thing to bringA
For a gift to our lord the kingA
A statesman brought him plannedF
Justice for all the landF
And he in recompense gotG
Fierce struggle with brigue and plotG
Then a fall from lofty placeH
Into exile and disgraceH
Justice is never the thingA
To bring as a gift for our kingA
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Who has a thing to bringA
For a gift to our lord the kingA
A writer brought him truthI
And first he imprisoned the youthI
And then he bestowed a free pyreJ
That the works might have plenty of fireJ
And also to cure the painK
Of the headache called thought in the brainK
Truth is a very bad thingA
To bring as a gift for our kingA
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Who has a thing to bringA
For a gift to our lord the kingA
The people brought their sureL
Loyalty fervid and pureL
And he gave them bountiful spoilM
Of taxes and hunger and toilM
Ignorance brutish plightN
And wholesale slaughter in fightN
Loyalty's quite the worst thingA
To bring as a gift for our kingA
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Who has a thing to bringA
For a gift to our lord the kingA
A courtier brought to his feetO
Servility graceful and sweetO
With an ever ready smileP
And an ever supple guileP
And he got in reward the placeH
Of the statesman in disgraceH
Servility's always a thingA
To bring as a gift for our kingA
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Who has a thing to bringA
For a gift to our lord the kingA
A soldier brought him warQ
La gloire la victoireR
Ravage and carnage and groansS
For the pious Te Deum tonesS
And he got in return for himselfT
Rank and honors and pelfT
War is a very fine thingA
To bring as a gift for our kingA
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Who has a thing to bringA
For a gift to our lord the kingA
A harlot brought him her fleshU
Her lusts and the manifold meshU
Of her wiles intervolved with capriceV
And he gave her his realm to fleeceV
To corrupt to ruin and gaveT
Himself for her toy and her slaveT
Harlotry's just the thingA
To bring as a gift for our kingA
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Who has a thing to bringA
For a gift to our lord the kingA
Our king who fears to dieW
A priest brought him a lieW
The blackness of hell uprolledW
In heaven's shining goldW
And he got as guerdon for thatW
A see and a cardinal's hatW
A lie is an excellent thingA
To bring as a gift for our kingA
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Has any one yet a thingA
For a gift to our lord the kingA
The country gave him a tombX
A magnificent sleeping roomX
And for this it obtained some restW
Clear riddance of many a pestW
And a hope which it much enjoyedW
That the throne would continue voidW
A tomb is the very best thingA
For a gift to our lord the kingA

James Thomson



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