The Revolution At Market-hill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFGHHIIJJKKHH HHLLKKKKMKNNHHOOPQHH RRSSHHHHHHHHTTUUVWII HHXYZZA2A2A2A2A2A2HH B2B2A2A2C2D2A2A2HHC2 E2KKE2E2HHHHHHHHF2KG 2G2H2G2G2G2HHA2A2| From distant regions Fortune sends | A |
| An odd triumvirate of friends | A |
| Where Phoebus pays a scanty stipend | B |
| Where never yet a codling ripen'd | B |
| Hither the frantic goddess draws | C |
| Three sufferers in a ruin'd cause | D |
| By faction banish'd here unite | E |
| A Dean a Spaniard and a Knight | E |
| Unite but on conditions cruel | F |
| The Dean and Spaniard find it too well | G |
| Condemn'd to live in service hard | H |
| On either side his honour's guard | H |
| The Dean to guard his honour's back | I |
| Must build a castle at Drumlack | I |
| The Spaniard sore against his will | J |
| Must raise a fort at Market Hill | J |
| And thus the pair of humble gentry | K |
| At north and south are posted sentry | K |
| While in his lordly castle fixt | H |
| The knight triumphant reigns betwixt | H |
| And what the wretches most resent | H |
| To be his slaves must pay him rent | H |
| Attend him daily as their chief | L |
| Decant his wine and carve his beef | L |
| O Fortune 'tis a scandal for thee | K |
| To smile on those who are least worthy | K |
| Weigh but the merits of the three | K |
| His slaves have ten times more than he | K |
| Proud baronet of Nova Scotia | M |
| The Dean and Spaniard must reproach ye | K |
| Of their two fames the world enough rings | N |
| Where are thy services and sufferings | N |
| What if for nothing once you kiss'd | H |
| Against the grain a monarch's fist | H |
| What if among the courtly tribe | O |
| You lost a place and saved a bribe | O |
| And then in surly mood came here | P |
| To fifteen hundred pounds a year | Q |
| And fierce against the Whigs harangu'd | H |
| You never ventured to be hang'd | H |
| How dare you treat your betters thus | R |
| Are you to be compared with us | R |
| Come Spaniard let us from our farms | S |
| Call forth our cottagers to arms | S |
| Our forces let us both unite | H |
| Attack the foe at left and right | H |
| From Market Hill's exalted head | H |
| Full northward let your troops be led | H |
| While I from Drapier's Mount descend | H |
| And to the south my squadrons bend | H |
| New River Walk with friendly shade | H |
| Shall keep my host in ambuscade | H |
| While you from where the basin stands | T |
| Shall scale the rampart with your bands | T |
| Nor need we doubt the fort to win | U |
| I hold intelligence within | U |
| True Lady Anne no danger fears | V |
| Brave as the Upton fan she wears | W |
| Then lest upon our first attack | I |
| Her valiant arm should force us back | I |
| And we of all our hopes deprived | H |
| I have a stratagem contrived | H |
| By these embroider'd high heel shoes | X |
| She shall be caught as in a noose | Y |
| So well contriv'd her toes to pinch | Z |
| She'll not have power to stir an inch | Z |
| These gaudy shoes must Hannah place | A2 |
| Direct before her lady's face | A2 |
| The shoes put on our faithful portress | A2 |
| Admits us in to storm the fortress | A2 |
| While tortured madam bound remains | A2 |
| Like Montezume in golden chains | A2 |
| Or like a cat with walnuts shod | H |
| Stumbling at every step she trod | H |
| Sly hunters thus in Borneo's isle | B2 |
| To catch a monkey by a wile | B2 |
| The mimic animal amuse | A2 |
| They place before him gloves and shoes | A2 |
| Which when the brute puts awkward on | C2 |
| All his agility is gone | D2 |
| In vain to frisk or climb he tries | A2 |
| The huntsmen seize the grinning prize | A2 |
| But let us on our first assault | H |
| Secure the larder and the vault | H |
| The valiant Dennis you must fix on | C2 |
| And I'll engage with Peggy Dixon | E2 |
| Then if we once can seize the key | K |
| And chest that keeps my lady's tea | K |
| They must surrender at discretion | E2 |
| And soon as we have gain'd possession | E2 |
| We'll act as other conquerors do | H |
| Divide the realm between us two | H |
| Then let me see we'll make the knight | H |
| Our clerk for he can read and write | H |
| But must not think I tell him that | H |
| Like Lorimer to wear his hat | H |
| Yet when we dine without a friend | H |
| We'll place him at the lower end | H |
| Madam whose skill does all in dress lie | F2 |
| May serve to wait on Mrs Leslie | K |
| But lest it might not be so proper | G2 |
| That her own maid should over top her | G2 |
| To mortify the creature more | H2 |
| We'll take her heels five inches lower | G2 |
| For Hannah when we have no need of her | G2 |
| 'Twill be our interest to get rid of her | G2 |
| And when we execute our plot | H |
| 'Tis best to hang her on the spot | H |
| As all your politicians wise | A2 |
| Dispatch the rogues by whom they rise | A2 |
Jonathan Swift
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