Peter Prime's Principles. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFGFGHIHI BJBKLMLMNMNMOPOPMQMQ RSTSMBMBUMUMOBBBVM VMSHS| Sup up thi gill owd Peter Prime | A |
| Tha'st have a pint wi' me | B |
| It's worth a bob at onny time | A |
| To have a chat wi' thee | B |
| Aw like to see thi snowy hair | C |
| An cheeks like apples ripe | D |
| Come squat thi daan i'th' easy cheer | E |
| Draw up an leet thi pipe | D |
| Tho' eighty years have left ther trace | F |
| Tha'rt hale an hearty yet | G |
| An still tha wears a smilin face | F |
| As when th' furst day we met | G |
| Pray tell me th' saycret if tha can | H |
| What keeps thi heart soa leet | I |
| An leeavs thi still a grand owd man | H |
| At we're all praad to meet | I |
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| Why lad my saycret's plain to see | B |
| An th' system isn't hard | J |
| Just live a quiet life same as me | B |
| An tha'll win th' same reward | K |
| Be honest i' thi dealins lad | L |
| That keeps a easy mind | M |
| Shun all thi conscience says is bad | L |
| An nivver be unkind | M |
| If others laff becoss tha sticks | N |
| To what tha knows is reight | M |
| Why let 'em laff dooant let their tricks | N |
| Prevent thee keepin straight | M |
| If blessed wi' health an strong to work | O |
| Dooant envy them at's rich | P |
| If duty calls thi nivver shirk | O |
| Tha'rt happier far nor sich | P |
| Contentment's better wealth nor gold | M |
| An labor sweetens life | Q |
| Ther's nowt at maks a chap grow old | M |
| Like idleness an strife | Q |
| Dooant tawk too mich but what tha says | R |
| Be sewer it's allus true | S |
| An let thi ways be honest ways | T |
| An that'll get thi throo | S |
| If tha's a wife pray dooant forget | M |
| Shoo's flesh an blooid like thee | B |
| Be kind an lovin an aw'll bet | M |
| A helpmate true shoo'll be | B |
| Dooant waste thi brass i' rants an sprees | U |
| Or maybe when tha'rt old | M |
| Wi' body bent an tott'rin knees | U |
| Tha'll be left aght i'th' cold | M |
| Luk at th' breet side o' ivverything | O |
| An varry sooin tha'll see | B |
| Whear providence has placed thi | B |
| Is whear tha owt to be | B |
| Dooant live as if this world wor all | V |
| For th' time will come someday | M |
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| When that grim messenger will call | V |
| An tha mun goa away | M |
| Tha'll nivver need to quake or fear | S |
| If tha carries aght this plan | H |
| An them tha's left behind shall hear | S |
| 'Thear lies an honest man ' | - |
John Hartley
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