Jack Frenchman's Lamentation[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDEED FGHIIH JJKHHK LLMNNM OOPQRP SSNLLN TUVDDV HHIBBI WWMXXM YYZA2A2Z B2B2IC2C2K D2D2NE2F2N OOG2EEH2| AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG | A |
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| To the Tune of I tell thee Dick where I have been | B |
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| Ye Commons and Peers | C |
| Pray lend me your ears | C |
| I'll sing you a song if I can | D |
| How Lewis le Grand | E |
| Was put to a stand | E |
| By the arms of our gracious Queen Anne | D |
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| How his army so great | F |
| Had a total defeat | G |
| And close by the river Dender | H |
| Where his grandchildren twain | I |
| For fear of being slain | I |
| Gallop'd off with the Popish Pretender | H |
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| To a steeple on high | J |
| The battle to spy | J |
| Up mounted these clever young men | K |
| But when from the spire | H |
| They saw so much fire | H |
| Most cleverly came down again | K |
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| Then on horseback they got | L |
| All on the same spot | L |
| By advice of their cousin Vendosme | M |
| O Lord cried out he | N |
| Unto young Burgundy | N |
| Would your brother and you were at home | M |
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| While this he did say | O |
| Without more delay | O |
| Away the young gentry fled | P |
| Whose heels for that work | Q |
| Were much lighter than cork | R |
| Though their hearts were as heavy as lead | P |
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| Not so did behave | S |
| Young Hanover brave | S |
| In this bloody field I assure ye | N |
| When his war horse was shot | L |
| He valued it not | L |
| But fought it on foot like a fury | N |
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| Full firmly he stood | T |
| As became his high blood | U |
| Which runs in his veins so blue | V |
| For this gallant young man | D |
| Being a kin to QUEEN ANNE | D |
| Did as were she a man she would do | V |
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| What a racket was here | H |
| I think 'twas last year | H |
| For a little misfortune in Spain | I |
| For by letting 'em win | B |
| We have drawn the puts in | B |
| To lose all they're worth this campaign | I |
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| Though Bruges and Ghent | W |
| To Monsieur we lent | W |
| With interest they shall repay 'em | M |
| While Paris may sing | X |
| With her sorrowful king | X |
| Nunc dimittis instead of Te Deum | M |
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| From this dream of success | Y |
| They'll awaken we guess | Y |
| At the sound of great Marlborough's drums | Z |
| They may think if they will | A2 |
| Of Ahnanza still | A2 |
| But 'tis Blenheim wherever he comes | Z |
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| O Lewis perplex'd | B2 |
| What general next | B2 |
| Thou hast hitherto changed in vain | I |
| He has beat 'em all round | C2 |
| If no new one's found | C2 |
| He shall beat 'em over again | K |
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| We'll let Tallard out | D2 |
| If he'll take t'other bout | D2 |
| And much he's improved let me tell ye | N |
| With Nottingham ale | E2 |
| At every meal | F2 |
| And good beef and pudding in belly | N |
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| But as losers at play | O |
| Their dice throw away | O |
| While the winners do still win on | G2 |
| Let who will command | E |
| Thou hadst better disband | E |
| For old Bully thy doctors are gone | H2 |
Jonathan Swift
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