Ballade Of The Paid Puritan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCBC B BCBC| In vain with whip and knotted cord | A |
| The hirelings of hypocrisy | B |
| Would make us comely for the Lord | A |
| Think ye God works through such as ye | B |
| Paid Puritan plump Pharisee | B |
| And lobbyist fingering his fat bill | C |
| Reeking of rum and bribery | B |
| God needs not you to work His will | C |
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| We know you whom you serve abhorred | A |
| Traducers of true piety | B |
| What tarnished gold is your reward | A |
| In Washington and Albany | B |
| 'Tis not from God you take your fee | B |
| Another's purpose to fulfil | C |
| You that are God's worst enemy | B |
| God needs not you to work His will | C |
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| Not by the money changing horde | A |
| Base traders in the sanctuary | B |
| Nor by fanatic fire and sword | A |
| Shall man grow as God wills him be | B |
| In his own heart a voice hath he | B |
| That whispers to him small and still | C |
| God gives him eyes His good to see | B |
| God needs not you to work His will | C |
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| ENVOI | B |
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| Dear Prince a sinner's honesty | B |
| Is more to God much nearer still | C |
| Than the bribed hypocritic knee | B |
| God needs not you to work His will | C |
Richard Le Gallienne
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