The Social Glass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDF G BHBHIJIJ G DKDKLELF G| AIR 'Rossen the Beau ' | A |
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| COME fill up the glass and tho' never | B |
| We tasted of gladness before | C |
| The thought of this moment for ever | B |
| Shall gladden the heart to its core | C |
| An isle as we sail o'er life's ocean | D |
| An isle shall this moment remain | E |
| On which we'll look back with emotion | D |
| And long to salute it again | F |
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| Chorus Come fill up the glass etc | G |
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| Let the miser exult in his treasure | B |
| The king in his sceptre and crown | H |
| The lover be loved without measure | B |
| The warrior blest with renown | H |
| We envied no mortal his blisses | I |
| When anguish our bosom hath torn | J |
| And tasting such treasure as this is | I |
| We laugh every other to scorn | J |
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| Chorus Come fill up the glass etc | G |
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| Since the life giving goblet is given | D |
| Man may be oppressed by the day | K |
| But the links of oppression are riven | D |
| When night brings its spell into play | K |
| That spell so excelling's united | L |
| All other fair spells in its train | E |
| To enjoy which ho ho you're invited | L |
| To pass round the goblet again | F |
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| Chorus Come fill up the glass etc | G |
Joseph Skipsey
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