Jack Frenchman-s Lamentation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DEFGGF HHIFFI JJKLLK MMNOPN QQLJJL RSTBBT FFGUUG VVKWWK XXYZZY A2A2GB2B2I C2C2LD2E2L MMF2CCG2| Ye Commons and Peers | A |
| Pray lend me your ears | A |
| I'll sing you a song if I can | B |
| How Lewis le Grand | C |
| Was put to a stand | C |
| By the arms of our gracious Queen Anne | B |
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| How his army so great | D |
| Had a total defeat | E |
| And close by the river Dender | F |
| Where his grandchildren twain | G |
| For fear of being slain | G |
| Gallop'd off with the Popish Pretender | F |
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| To a steeple on high | H |
| The battle to spy | H |
| Up mounted these clever young men | I |
| But when from the spire | F |
| They saw so much fire | F |
| Most cleverly came down again | I |
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| Then on horseback they got | J |
| All on the same spot | J |
| By advice of their cousin Vendosme | K |
| O Lord cried out he | L |
| Unto young Burgundy | L |
| Would your brother and you were at home | K |
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| While this he did say | M |
| Without more delay | M |
| Away the young gentry fled | N |
| Whose heels for that work | O |
| Were much lighter than cork | P |
| Though their hearts were as heavy as lead | N |
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| Not so did behave | Q |
| Young Hanover brave | Q |
| In this bloody field I assure ye | L |
| When his war horse was shot | J |
| He valued it not | J |
| But fought it on foot like a fury | L |
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| Full firmly he stood | R |
| As became his high blood | S |
| Which runs in his veins so blue | T |
| For this gallant young man | B |
| Being a kin to QUEEN ANNE | B |
| Did as were she a man she would do | T |
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| What a racket was here | F |
| I think 'twas last year | F |
| For a little misfortune in Spain | G |
| For by letting 'em win | U |
| We have drawn the puts in | U |
| To lose all they're worth this campaign | G |
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| Though Bruges and Ghent | V |
| To Monsieur we lent | V |
| With interest they shall repay 'em | K |
| While Paris may sing | W |
| With her sorrowful king | W |
| Nunc dimittis instead of Te Deum | K |
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| From this dream of success | X |
| They'll awaken we guess | X |
| At the sound of great Marlborough's drums | Y |
| They may think if they will | Z |
| Of Ahnanza still | Z |
| But 'tis Blenheim wherever he comes | Y |
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| O Lewis perplex'd | A2 |
| What general next | A2 |
| Thou hast hitherto changed in vain | G |
| He has beat 'em all round | B2 |
| If no new one's found | B2 |
| He shall beat 'em over again | I |
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| We'll let Tallard out | C2 |
| If he'll take t'other bout | C2 |
| And much he's improved let me tell ye | L |
| With Nottingham ale | D2 |
| At every meal | E2 |
| And good beef and pudding in belly | L |
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| But as losers at play | M |
| Their dice throw away | M |
| While the winners do still win on | F2 |
| Let who will command | C |
| Thou hadst better disband | C |
| For old Bully thy doctors are gone | G2 |
Jonathan Swift
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