Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJEKKE LLMNNO PPQRSQ TTUFVU WWOWWO OOVXXV OOOYYO WWWZZW A2A2VB2B2V VVA2C2C2A2A WONDERFUL age | A |
Is now on the stage | A |
I'll sing you a song if I can | B |
How modern Whigs | C |
Dance forty one jigs | C |
But God bless our gracious Queen Anne | B |
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The kirk with applause | D |
Is established by laws | D |
As the orthodox church of the nation | E |
The bishops do own | F |
It's as good as their own | F |
And this Sir is call'd moderation | E |
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It's no riddle now | G |
To let you see how | G |
A church by oppression may speed | H |
Nor is't banter or jest | I |
That the kirk faith is best | I |
On the other side of the Tweed | H |
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For no soil can suit | J |
With every fruit | J |
Even so Sir it is with religion | E |
The best church by far | K |
Is what grows where you are | K |
Were it Mahomet's ass or his pigeon | E |
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Another strange story | L |
That vexes the Tory | L |
But sure there's no mystery in it | M |
That a pension and place | N |
Give communicants grace | N |
Who design to turn tail the next minute | O |
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For if it be not strange | P |
That religion should change | P |
As often as climates and fashions | Q |
Then sure there's no harm | R |
That one should conform | S |
To serve their own private occasions | Q |
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Another new dance | T |
Which of late they advance | T |
Is to cry up the birth of Pretender | U |
And those that dare own | F |
The queen heir to the crown | V |
Are traitors not fit to defend her | U |
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The subject's most loyal | W |
That hates the blood royal | W |
And they for employments have merit | O |
Who swear queen and steeple | W |
Were made by the people | W |
And neither have right to inherit | O |
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The monarchy's fixt | O |
By making on't mixt | O |
And by non resistance o'erthrown | V |
And preaching obedience | X |
Destroys our allegiance | X |
And thus the Whigs prop up the throne | V |
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That viceroy is best | O |
That would take off the test | O |
And made a sham speech to attempt it | O |
But being true blue | Y |
When he found 'twould not do | Y |
Swore damn him if ever he meant it | O |
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'Tis no news that Tom Double | W |
The nation should bubble | W |
Nor is't any wonder or riddle | W |
That a parliament rump | Z |
Should play hop step and jump | Z |
And dance any jig to his fiddle | W |
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But now sir they tell | A2 |
How Sacheverell | A2 |
By bringing old doctrines in fashion | V |
Hath like a damn'd rogue | B2 |
Brought religion in vogue | B2 |
And so open'd the eyes of the nation | V |
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Then let's pray without spleen | V |
May God bless the queen | V |
And her fellow monarchs the people | A2 |
May they prosper and thrive | C2 |
Whilst I am alive | C2 |
And so may the church with the steeple | A2 |
Jonathan Swift
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