Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJEKKE LLMNNO PPQRSQ TTUFVU WWOWWO OOVXXV OOOYYO WWWZZW A2A2VB2B2V VVA2C2C2A2

A WONDERFUL ageA
Is now on the stageA
I'll sing you a song if I canB
How modern WhigsC
Dance forty one jigsC
But God bless our gracious Queen AnneB
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The kirk with applauseD
Is established by lawsD
As the orthodox church of the nationE
The bishops do ownF
It's as good as their ownF
And this Sir is call'd moderationE
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It's no riddle nowG
To let you see howG
A church by oppression may speedH
Nor is't banter or jestI
That the kirk faith is bestI
On the other side of the TweedH
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For no soil can suitJ
With every fruitJ
Even so Sir it is with religionE
The best church by farK
Is what grows where you areK
Were it Mahomet's ass or his pigeonE
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Another strange storyL
That vexes the ToryL
But sure there's no mystery in itM
That a pension and placeN
Give communicants graceN
Who design to turn tail the next minuteO
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For if it be not strangeP
That religion should changeP
As often as climates and fashionsQ
Then sure there's no harmR
That one should conformS
To serve their own private occasionsQ
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Another new danceT
Which of late they advanceT
Is to cry up the birth of PretenderU
And those that dare ownF
The queen heir to the crownV
Are traitors not fit to defend herU
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The subject's most loyalW
That hates the blood royalW
And they for employments have meritO
Who swear queen and steepleW
Were made by the peopleW
And neither have right to inheritO
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The monarchy's fixtO
By making on't mixtO
And by non resistance o'erthrownV
And preaching obedienceX
Destroys our allegianceX
And thus the Whigs prop up the throneV
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That viceroy is bestO
That would take off the testO
And made a sham speech to attempt itO
But being true blueY
When he found 'twould not doY
Swore damn him if ever he meant itO
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'Tis no news that Tom DoubleW
The nation should bubbleW
Nor is't any wonder or riddleW
That a parliament rumpZ
Should play hop step and jumpZ
And dance any jig to his fiddleW
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But now sir they tellA2
How SacheverellA2
By bringing old doctrines in fashionV
Hath like a damn'd rogueB2
Brought religion in vogueB2
And so open'd the eyes of the nationV
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Then let's pray without spleenV
May God bless the queenV
And her fellow monarchs the peopleA2
May they prosper and thriveC2
Whilst I am aliveC2
And so may the church with the steepleA2

Jonathan Swift



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