When Winchester Races Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DADA EFGF DCDD HCHC IHI| When Winchester races first took their beginning | A |
| It is said the good people forgot their old Saint | B |
| Not applying at all for the leave of Saint Swithin | C |
| And that William of Wykeham's approval was faint | B |
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| The races however were fixed and determined | D |
| The company came and the Weather was charming | A |
| The Lords and the Ladies were satine'd and ermined | D |
| And nobody saw any future alarming | A |
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| But when the old Saint was informed of these doings | E |
| He made but one Spring from his Shrine to the Roof | F |
| Of the Palace which now lies so sadly in ruins | G |
| And then he addressed them all standing aloof | F |
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| 'Oh subjects rebellious Oh Venta depraved | D |
| When once we are buried you think we are gone | C |
| But behold me immortal By vice you're enslaved | D |
| You have sinned and must suffer ten farther he said | D |
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| These races and revels and dissolute measures | H |
| With which you're debasing a neighboring Plain | C |
| Let them stand You shall meet with your curse in your pleasures | H |
| Set off for your course I'll pursue with my rain | C |
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| Ye cannot but know my command o'er July | I |
| Henceforward I'll triumph in shewing my powers | H |
| Shift your race as you will it shall never be dry | I |
| The curse upon Venta is July in showers ' | - |
Jane Austen
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