Work Lads! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAA CDCD CECE AFAG ABAB| Work if tha can it's thi duty to labor | A |
| If able show willin ther's plenty to do | B |
| Ther's battles to feight withaat musket or sabre | A |
| But if tha'll have pluck tha'll be safe to pool throo | A |
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| Ther's noa use sittin still wishin an sighin | C |
| An waitin for Fortun to gie yo a lift | D |
| For ther's others i'th' struggle an time keeps on flyin | C |
| An him who wod conquer mun show he's some shift | D |
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| Ther's nobbut one friend 'at a chap can depend on | C |
| If he's made up his mind to succeed in the strife | E |
| A chap's but hissen 'at he can mak a friend on | C |
| Unless he be blest wi' a sensible wife | E |
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| But nivver let wealth wi' its glamour an glitter | A |
| Be th' chief end o' life or yo'll find when too lat | F |
| 'At th' fruits ov yor labor will all have turned bitter | A |
| An th' pleasures yo hoped for are all stale an flat | G |
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| Do gooid to yorsen win wealth fame or power | A |
| But i'th' midst ov it all keep this object i' view | B |
| 'At the mooar yo possess let yor self love sink lower | A |
| An pure pleasur will spring from the gooid yo can do | B |
John Hartley
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