Written In A Lady's Ivory Table-book, 1698 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFCCCCGHCC IICCAAJJKK| Peruse my leaves thro' ev'ry part | A |
| And think thou seest my owner's heart | A |
| Scrawl'd o'er with trifles thus and quite | B |
| As hard as senseless and as light | B |
| Expos'd to ev'ry coxcomb's eyes | C |
| But hid with caution from the wise | C |
| Here you may read Dear charming saint | D |
| Beneath A new receipt for paint | D |
| Here in beau spelling Tru tel deth | E |
| There in her own For an el breth | E |
| Here Lovely nymph pronounce my doom | F |
| There A safe way to use perfume | F |
| Here a page fill'd with billets doux | C |
| On t'other side Laid out for shoes | C |
| Madam I die without your grace | C |
| Item for half a yard of lace | C |
| Who that had wit would place it here | G |
| For ev'ry peeping fop to jeer | H |
| To think that your brains' issue is | C |
| Exposed to th'excrement of his | C |
| In pow'r of spittle and a clout | I |
| Whene'er he please to blot it out | I |
| And then to heighten the disgrace | C |
| Clap his own nonsense in the place | C |
| Whoe'er expects to hold his part | A |
| In such a book and such a heart | A |
| If he be wealthy and a fool | J |
| Is in all points the fittest tool | J |
| Of whom it may be justly said | K |
| He's a gold pencil tipp'd with lead | K |
Jonathan Swift
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