A Safe Investment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCC ECECBCBC CCCCCECE FCFCCECE BCBCBGBG CBCBBCBC BEBECECE| Yo fowk 'at's some brass to invest | A |
| Luk sharp an mak th' best ov yor chonce | B |
| Aw'll gie yo a tip one o'th' best | A |
| Whear ther's profit an safety for once | B |
| Yo needn't be feeard th' bank 'll brust | C |
| Or at onny false 'Jabez' will chait | D |
| Depend on't its one yo can trust | C |
| For th' balance sheet's sewer to be reight | C |
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| Yo've heeard on it oftimes befooar | E |
| But mooast fowk are apt to forget | C |
| Yet yo know if yo give to the poor | E |
| At yo're gettin the Lord i' yor debt | C |
| Its as plain as is th' nooas o' yor face | B |
| An its true too believe it or net | C |
| It's a bargain God made i' this case | B |
| An He'll nivver back aght on't yo bet | C |
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| All th' wealth yo may have can't prevent | C |
| Grim Deeath commin to yo some day | C |
| An yo'll have to give up ivvery cent | C |
| When yor time comes for gooin away | C |
| But yo'll dee wi' a leetsomer heart | C |
| An for what yo leeav care net a straw | E |
| Earth's losses will cause yo noa smart | C |
| If i' Heaven yo've summat to draw | E |
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| Its useless to pray an to praich | F |
| Yo can't fill fowk's bellies wi' wynd | C |
| Put summat to ait i' ther raich | F |
| An then lectur em all yo've a mind | C |
| Ther's poor folk on ivvery hand | C |
| Yo can't shut yor ears to ther cry | E |
| A wail ov woe's sweepin throo th' land | C |
| Which may turn to a rooar by an bye | E |
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| Yo can't expect chaps who have wives | B |
| An childer at's clammin i'th' cold | C |
| To be patient an quiet all ther lives | B |
| When they see others rollin i' gold | C |
| When th' workers are beggin for jobs | B |
| An th' helpless are starvin to deeath | G |
| It's just abaat time some o'th' nobs | B |
| Wor reminded they dooant own all th' eearth | G |
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| If ther duties they still will neglect | C |
| An ther pomps an ther pleasurs pursue | B |
| They may find when they little expect | C |
| 'At they've getten thersen in a stew | B |
| Yo may trample a worm wol it turns | B |
| An ther's danger i' starvin a rat | C |
| A man's passion inflamed wol it burns | B |
| Is a danger mooar fearful nor that | C |
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| But why should ther be sich distress | B |
| When ther's plenty for all an to spare | E |
| Sewerly them at luck's blest can't do less | B |
| Nor to help starvin fowk wi' a share | E |
| Rich harvests yo'll win from the seed | C |
| When theas welcome words fall on yor ear | E |
| What yo did to th' leeast brother i' need | C |
| Yo did unto Me Come in here | E |
John Hartley
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