Ballade Of The Absent Guest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABBBBCBC B BBBB| Friends whom to night once more I greet | A |
| Most glad am I with you to be | B |
| And as I look around I meet | A |
| Many a face right good to see | B |
| But one I miss ah where is he | B |
| Of merry eye and sparkling jest | C |
| Who used to brim my glass for me | B |
| I drink in what the Absent Guest | C |
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| Low lies he in his winding sheet | A |
| By organized hypocrisy | B |
| Hurled from his happy wine clad seat | A |
| Stilled his kind heart and hushed his glee | B |
| His very name daren't mention we | B |
| That good old friend who brought such zest | C |
| And set our tongues and spirits free | B |
| I drink in what the Absent Guest | C |
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| No choice to night 'twixt dry or sweet | A |
| 'Twixt red or white 'twixt Rye ah me | B |
| Or Scotch and think we live to see't | B |
| No whispered word nor massive fee | B |
| Nor even influenza plea | B |
| Can raise a bubble but as best | C |
| We may we make our hollow spree | B |
| I drink in what the Absent Guest | C |
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| ENVOI | B |
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| Friends good is coffee good is tea | B |
| And water has a charm unguessed | B |
| And yet that brave old deity | B |
| I drink in tears the Absent Guest | B |
Richard Le Gallienne
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