At The Sign Of The Lyre Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCBCDEEFFGGGHFHIJK K CCLLFF MMLLHHHH NNOOPPQQ| To the Memory of Austin Dobson | A |
| - | |
| Master of the lyric inn | B |
| Where the rarer sort so long | C |
| Drew the rein to 'scape the din | B |
| Of the cymbal and the gong | C |
| Topers of the classic bin | B |
| Oporto sherris and tokay | C |
| Muscatel and beaujolais | D |
| Conning some old Book of Airs | E |
| Lolling in their Queen Anne chairs | E |
| Catch or glee or madrigal | F |
| Writ for viol or virginal | F |
| Or from France some courtly tune | G |
| Gavotte ridotto rigadoon | G |
| Watteau and the rising moon | G |
| Ballade rondeau triolet | H |
| Villanelle or virelay | F |
| Wistful of a statelier day | H |
| Gallant delicate desire | I |
| Where the Sign swings of the Lyre | J |
| Garlands droop above the door | K |
| Thou dear Master art no more | K |
| - | |
| Lo about thy portals throng | C |
| Sorrowing shapes that loved thy song | C |
| Taste and Elegance are there | L |
| The modish Muses of Mayfair | L |
| Wit Distinction Form and Style | F |
| Humour too with tear and smile | F |
| - | |
| Fashion sends her butterflies | M |
| Pretty laces to their eyes | M |
| Ladies from St James's there | L |
| Step out from the sedan chair | L |
| Wigged and scented dandies too | H |
| Tristely wear their sprigs of rue | H |
| Country squires are in the crowd | H |
| And little Phyllida sobs aloud | H |
| - | |
| Then stately shades I seem to see | N |
| Master to companion thee | N |
| Horace and Fielding here are come | O |
| To bid thee to Elysium | O |
| Last comes one all golden Fame | P |
| Calls thee Master by thy name | P |
| On thy brow the laurel lays | Q |
| Whispers low In After Days | Q |
Richard Le Gallienne
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