A Psalm Of Subjection Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDD EFEEFDD GHGGHDD IJIIJDD KCKKKCKKCD| Nurse your 'unconquerable soul ' | A |
| But diligently bear in mind | B |
| That Life is not a wayward stroll | C |
| For Circumstance asserts control | C |
| And fiercely prods you up behind | B |
| This dictum you can safely trust | D |
| Growl you may but Go you must | D |
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| Though you may shaft with all your might | E |
| And kick against the goad like Paul | F |
| Though you may prop and squeal and bite | E |
| You still put up a losing fight | E |
| Unconquerable soul and all | F |
| Still subject to Compulsion's thrust | D |
| Growl you may but Go you must | D |
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| Have done with bluff for Satan's sake | G |
| A bulrush never can be strong | H |
| You're overmatch'd make no mistake | G |
| The option is to bend or break | G |
| In either case you're forced along | H |
| And what avails your cheap disgust | D |
| Growl you may but Go you must | D |
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| In point of fact your name is Sludge | I |
| And puppet like your lot is cast | J |
| For though you may rebel and grudge | I |
| And spitefully refuse to budge | I |
| Your claim will be pegg'd out at last | J |
| Sludge to sludge and dust to dust | D |
| Growl you may but Go you must | D |
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| Next hear St Peter's challenge keen | K |
| 'My son you've fail'd to nick a goal | C |
| In headstrong wickedness serene | K |
| You fear'd not parson king or queen | K |
| Your Bible was the BULLYTEEN | K |
| Wherefore your name is off the roll | C |
| No picnic on these meadows green | K |
| No part in this celestial scene | K |
| For your unconquerable soul | C |
| March down yon steps the doom is just | D |
| Growl you may but Go you must ' | - |
Joseph Furphy
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