The Posy-gift. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEFGH A IIII AIJI A KFKF LC C K IEKE MEME E ININ IOI K GIPI QRQR K ISIS TUT K VQVQ KQM Q QWX KKEK Q WOKO CCYC E QQQQ QCQC Q ZEZE QOQO Q YEQE WEA2E K EEUE B2TC2T K EEEE XKXK K KTKT EOOEO K KD2OD2 KEE2 K ETKT F2EG2 E EOEO RCRC E KCK EEEE

IA
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YOU quite mistake the sprite you chaseB
I'm of the under not the upperC
Order of the fairy raceB
And cannot go with you to supperC
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'You silly elf Titania's selfD
Will' Tut be there My mirth sheE
quenchesF
And her stiff airs kick me down stairsG
To my dear kitchen cats and wenchesH
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IIA
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HE giggled at the thought and hadI
He been a dog his tail he'd wriggledI
He was at heart so very gladI
At what the little giggler giggledI
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'You giggled Why Your thought I'd buyA
The price ' O'er such we've never higgledI
'Tis but to task yourself to askJ
At what the little giggler giggledI
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IIIA
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ANOTHER stave I'll never raveK
Against the rich folk and their richesF
The men you knave are good and braveK
The women are the sweetest witchesF
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'What's up now ' Pooh what's that to youL
One cannot have a little lunarC
Fit but some one cries out 'Mum '-
And puts the pipe out of the croonerC
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IVK
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HA ha last night I served you rightI
The kick I gave but I was sorryE
I gave it you but come and viewK
What will allay your wrath and worryE
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'That posy gay Well I dare sayM
Who gave it you A lady ' TrulyE
'What lady pray ' That I will sayM
When you have learned your manners dulyE
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VE
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THESE jewels left her very handI
Were pull'd within her very bowersN
Smell senseless villain smell them andI
Say didst thou ever smell such flowersN
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'Such flowers ' the fellow seized his hatI
'Such flowers ' he answer'd in derisionO
'Well I've heard questions strange but thatI
I'd better run for a physician '-
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VIK
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COME pretty flowers and drink my tearsG
'Tis well my better reason chidedI
Or I had box'd the rascal's earsP
That so the little dears deridedI
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My ruth not ire the wretch demandsQ
The magic every cup adorningR
How could he feel saw he the handsQ
That placed them into mine this morningR
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VIIK
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WHAT fancies throng into the mindI
When one upon this posy gazethS
The more I look the more I findI
Some semblance that one's ken amazethS
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'What semblance man to what to whom '-
Go lack a brain and sweep the stableT
A wooden head must not presumeU
To chatter at the Muse's TableT
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VIIIK
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ONE fancy kicks another's heelV
But let us seize one while it tremblesQ
In act to fly and make't revealV
Wherein each bloom her charms resemblesQ
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These violets blue not filled with dewK
But with my tears are not these weepersQ
'What would you say her eyes are greyM
And never flash'd two merrier peepers '-
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IXQ
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ONCE more sweet Muse a fancy chooseQ
Seize by the heels that winged fellowW
And he'll declare how this her hairX
'Her hair is brown that broom is yellow '-
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Then that one try I know he'll cryK
This bean bloom's like her lips 'SweetK
boobyE
That runner's quite a scarlet brightK
Thy lady's lips are very ruby '-
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XQ
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GO Musie go you like I knowW
To throw a glamour o'er my visionO
And I but want the truth to chantK
And Truth shall do it with precisionO
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He'll not aver this rose bloom's herC
This lily bell he knows not whetherC
But he will tell she's lily bellY
And red red rose bloom both togetherC
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XIE
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THESE flowers that so reflect the graceQ
Of one who is the Queen of GracesQ
I'll pop into my richest vaseQ
Where I may watch their pretty facesQ
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And should a fly approach their lipsQ
Then Mercy shield the little sinnerC
For if I catch him on the hipsQ
He'll never need another dinnerC
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XIIQ
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ALL things of beauty seek to drawZ
Unto themselves like things of beautyE
In homage to an inner lawZ
And which to own's their bounden dutyE
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So deems my nose this beauteous noseQ
That out of love not adulationO
So oft before this wall flower bowsQ
Or homage yields to this carnationO
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XIIIQ
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COME let me smell thee lily bellY
Another smell my silver lilyE
And thou sweet rose come to my noseQ
Ah whence those feelings soft and sillyE
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She smell's you so the lady NoW
I know she did her charming nosyE
Drew nectar up from every cupA2
Before she handed me the posyE
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XIVK
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THESE lovely blooms their rich perfumesE
And many colours rich and gloriousE
My soul illume o'er care and gloomU
To move a king a king victoriousE
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To me things seem as in a streamB2
Or on the person of my idolT
To wear a sheen before unseenC2
E'en by the gifted bard of RydalT
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XVK
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BLIND as the wretch who mock'd my flowersE
Or rather mock'd their well won praisesE
And swore what came from Eden bowersE
Were only buttercups and daisiesE
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As blind was I till till A hareX
The thought is off nor can I win itK
Back to well to I declareX
This song must end with nothing in itK
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XVIK
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O DEAR dear dear what shall I doK
My only thoughts are off that clearlyT
Might have express'd the praises dueK
To one I prize and prize so dearlyT
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The wine has vanished and the leesE
To serve up these would leave oneO
undoneO
Not of the flock of chick a deesE
That chirrup to the folk of LondonO
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XVIIK
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'HA ha at last you're fetter'd fastK
Was ever such a daft giganticD2
Zany known on earth or oneO
So much the sport of passions franticD2
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You kicked me off with scorn and scoffK
Then quite ignored the Muse romantic'sE
Aid Dame's brow to crown and nowE2
You pay the piper for your antics '-
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XVIIIK
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'WITH Common Sense one might dispenseE
But from the Muse's Table surelyT
To drive away the merry fayK
The Muse herself is madness purelyT
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Then when we dine and drink our wineF2
To have served up Truth's pungent salad'sE
Enough to make one's nerves to shakeG2
Whenever we'd meet our Bag of Ballads '-
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XIXE
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'TIS quite a treat as singer knowsE
To have to own one's fairly beatenO
And council's held among the crowsE
To learn how soon one may be eatenO
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The sparrow hawks are on the wingR
The magpies too in chorus chatterC
And owlets lend their aid to ringR
The death bell of But that's no matterC
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XXE
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MY Song must end and now I'll sendK
It to the critics with this letterC
'Sir praise this song and I'm your friendK
Or if you'd rather you had better '-
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One to my lady fair alsoE
I'll write and from the subject borrowE
Such fire that I'll receive I knowE
Another posy gift to morrowE
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Joseph Skipsey



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