Saint Charles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGH IIJKFFLL| ' Saint Charles said Thackeray to me thirty years ago putting one of Charles Lamb's letters to his forehead ' LETTERS OF EDWARD FITZGERALD | A |
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| Saint Charles ah yes let other men | B |
| Love Elia for his antic pen | B |
| And watch with dilettante eyes | C |
| His page for every quaint surprise | C |
| Curious of caviare phrase | D |
| Yea these who will not also praise | D |
| We surely must but which is more | E |
| The motley that his sorrow wore | E |
| Or the great heart whose valorous beat | F |
| Upheld his brave unfaltering feet | F |
| Along the narrow path he chose | G |
| And followed faithful to the close | H |
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| Yea Elia thank thee for thy wit | I |
| How poor our laughter lacking it | I |
| For all thy gillyflowers of speech | J |
| Gramercy Elia but most rich | K |
| Are we most holpen when we meet | F |
| Thee and thy Bridget in the street | F |
| Upon that tearful errand set | L |
| So often trod so patient yet | L |
Richard Le Gallienne
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