Happiness To Hospitality; Or, A Hearty Wish To Good Housekeeping Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFGHHIIJKLLMM NN| First may the hand of bounty bring | A |
| Into the daily offering | A |
| Of full provision such a store | B |
| Till that the cook cries Bring no more | B |
| Upon your hogsheads never fall | C |
| A drought of wine ale beer at all | C |
| But like full clouds may they from thence | D |
| Diffuse their mighty influence | E |
| Next let the lord and lady here | F |
| Enjoy a Christ'ning year by year | G |
| And this good blessing back them still | H |
| T' have boys and girls too as they will | H |
| Then from the porch may many a bride | I |
| Unto the holy temple ride | I |
| And thence return short prayers said | J |
| A wife most richly married | K |
| Last may the bride and bridegroom be | L |
| Untouch'd by cold sterility | L |
| But in their springing blood so play | M |
| As that in lusters few they may | M |
| By laughing too and lying down | N |
| People a city or a town | N |
Robert Herrick
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