End O' Th' Year (prose) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE B B F GHGHIJKJCCCCELEL M| It's a long loin 'at's niver a turn an' th' longest loin ends somewhear Ther's a end to mooast things an' this is th' end o' the year When a chap gets turned o' forty years dooant seem as long as once they did he begins to be feeared o' time rolling on but it's fooilish for it nawther gooas faster nor slower nor iver it did But he's a happy chap 'at when th' year ends can luk back an' think ha mich gooid he's done for it isn't what a chap will do for th' futer its what he has done i'th' past 'at fowk mun judge by Its net wise for onybody to booast o' what they mean to do in a month's time becoss we cannot tell what a month's time may do for us We can hardly help havin' a gloomy thowt or two at this part o'th' year but Kursmiss comes to cheer us up a bit an' he's nooan ov a gooid sooart 'at can't be jolly once i'th' year As an owd friend o' mine has cliverly said | A |
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| Come let us choose the better part | B |
| And sing whilst life is given | C |
| A cheerful and contented heart | B |
| Gives no offence to Heaven | C |
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| 'Tis Christmas time then fill the horn | D |
| Away with melancholy | E |
| If there's no leaves upon the thorn | D |
| There is upon the holly | E |
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| Hi varry true When ther's no leaves upon th' thorn they're green upon the holly Ther's allus summat to be thankful for if we seek it aat ther's sure to be a bit o' sunshine somewhere an' its a varry bad case if a chap can't find consolation aat o' summat | B |
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| Aw remember a case ov a woman deein' 'at aw knew an' aw met th' husband lukkin' varry glum a bit at after Well Joa aw said tha's had a heavy loss lad Eea aw have an' then after studdyin' a bit he said but aw should ha had to ha bowt a new suit afoor long an' aw mud as weel buy black as any other color it wod ha been awkerd if aw'd just getten a white hat as aw thowt on but Providence orders all things for th' best | B |
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| Ther's noa daat a gooid lot on us find consolation aat o'th' Kursmiss jollification its just a bit ov a sweetener afoor all th' nooats begin o' commin' in aw dooant mean five paand nooats ther's nooan monny o' them stirrin' It's th' coil nooats an' gas nooats an' tax papers them's th' sooart at's stirrin abaat this time Wheniver ther's a knock at th' door yo may ventur to put yor hand i' yor pocket an' happy he must feel 'at can allus find as mich thear as'll do But its time enuff to think abaat that sooart o' thing when it comes we've plenty to do nah to think abaat plum pudding an' rooast beef an' aw hooap at iverybody 'at reads this may have enuff an' to spare If aw could do owt to help yo to enjoy yorsen awm sure aw wod but as that's aat o' mi paar just afoor aw leave for another twelve months aw'll gie yo a tooast an' aw hooap yo'll all drink a bumper to it Here gooas Fill up to th' brim Are yo ready Here's off | F |
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| God bless ivery one raand yor table | G |
| Wi' plenty to ait an' to spare | H |
| God bless yo an' mak yo all able | G |
| To enjoy what may fall to yor share | H |
| God bless yo wi health an' wi riches | I |
| God bless yo wi hearts 'at can feel | J |
| For the poor when cold poverty twitches | K |
| God bless them sometimes wi' a meal | J |
| God bless them 'at's climbin' life's mountain | C |
| Full ov hooaps 'at they niver may craan | C |
| An' refresh from Thy cool soothin' fountain | C |
| Those who paddle resignedly daan | C |
| An' tho' in death's mist shrouded valley | E |
| Our friends we may lose for a while | L |
| God grant that at last all may rally | E |
| Where sunleet shall fade in His smile | L |
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| Gooid bye | M |
John Hartley
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