Happen Thine. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCCC DEFF GGHH IICC JJKK JJII CCJJ| Then its O for a wife sich a wife as aw know | A |
| Who's thowts an desires are pure as the snow | A |
| Who nivver thinks virtue a reason for praise | B |
| An who shudders when tell'd ov this world's wicked ways | B |
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| Shoo isn't a gossip shoo keeps to her hooam | C |
| Shoo's a welcome for friends if they happen to come | C |
| Shoo's tidy an cleean let yo call when yo may | C |
| Shoo's nivver upset or put aght ov her way | C |
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| At morn when her husband sets off to his wark | D |
| Shoo starts him off whistlin as gay as a lark | E |
| An at neet if he's weary he hurries straight back | F |
| An if worried forgets all his cares in a crack | F |
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| If onny naybor is sick or distressed | G |
| Shoe sends what shoo can an allus her best | G |
| An if onny young fowk chonce to fall i' disgrace | H |
| They fly straight to her and they tell her ther case | H |
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| Shoo harkens an then in a motherly tone | I |
| Sympathises as tho they were bairns ov her own | I |
| Shoo shows 'em ther faults an points aght th' best way | C |
| To return to th' reight rooad if they've wandered astray | C |
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| Soa kindly shoo tries to set tangled things straight | J |
| Yo'd ommost goa wrang to let her set yo reight | J |
| Shoo helps and consoles the poor weary an worn | K |
| Shoo's an angel baght wings if one ivver wor born | K |
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| Shoo can join a mild frolic if fun's to be had | J |
| For her principal joy is to see others glad | J |
| Shoo's a jewel an th' chap who can call her his own | I |
| Has noa 'cashion to hunt for th' philosopher's stooan | I |
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| If failins shoo has they're unknown unto me | C |
| Shoo's as near to perfection as mortal can be | C |
| To know shoo's net mine does sometimes mak me sad | J |
| If shoo's thine then tha owt to be thankful owd lad | J |
John Hartley
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