Post-prandial Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDE FFFF FFGFF HHII JJKK LLMM NFF| PHI BETA KAPPA | A |
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| WENDELL PHILLIPS ORATOR CHARLES GODFREY LELAND POET | B |
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| 'THE Dutch have taken Holland ' so the schoolboys used to say | C |
| The Dutch have taken Harvard no doubt of that to day | C |
| For the Wendells were low Dutchmen and all their vrows were Vans | D |
| And the Breitmanns are high Dutchmen and here is honest Hans | E |
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| Mynheers you both are welcome Fair cousin Wendell P | F |
| Our ancestors were dwellers beside the Zuyder Zee | F |
| Both Grotius and Erasmus were countrymen of we | F |
| And Vondel was our namesake though he spelt it with a V | F |
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| It is well old Evert Jansen sought a dwelling over sea | F |
| On the margin of the Hudson where he sampled you and me | F |
| Through our grandsires and great grandsires for you would n't quite | G |
| agree | F |
| With the steady going burghers along the Zuyder Zee | F |
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| Like our Motley's John of Barnveld you have always been inclined | H |
| To speak well somewhat frankly to let us know your mind | H |
| And the Mynheers would have told you to be cautious what you said | I |
| Or else that silver tongue of yours might cost your precious head | I |
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| But we're very glad you've kept it it was always Freedom's own | J |
| And whenever Reason chose it she found a royal throne | J |
| You have whacked us with your sceptre our backs were little harmed | K |
| And while we rubbed our bruises we owned we had been charmed | K |
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| And you our quasi Dutchman what welcome should be yours | L |
| For all the wise prescriptions that work your laughter cures | L |
| 'Shake before taking' not a bit the bottle cure's a sham | M |
| Take before shaking and you 'll find it shakes your diaphragm | M |
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| 'Hans Breitmann gif a barty vhere is dot barty now ' | - |
| On every shelf where wit is stored to smooth the careworn brow | N |
| A health to stout Hans Breitmann How long before we see | F |
| Another Hans as handsome as bright a man as he | F |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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