A St. Helena Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFH FFFF HIJI FKFK LMLM FNFN| A Priest in Spite of Himself | A |
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| How far is St Helena from a little child at play | B |
| What makes you want to wander there with all the world between | C |
| Oh Mother call your son again or else he'll run away | B |
| No one thinks of winter when the grass is green | C |
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| How far is St Helena from a fight in Paris street | D |
| I haven't time to answer now the men are falling fast | E |
| The guns begin to thunder and the drums begin to beat | D |
| If you take the first step you will take the last | E |
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| How far is St Helena from the field of Austerlitz | F |
| You couldn't hear me if I told so loud the cannons roar | G |
| But not so far for people who are living by their wits | F |
| Gay go up means Gay go down the wide world o'er | H |
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| How far is St Helena from the Emperor of France | F |
| I cannot see I cannot tell the Crowns they dazzle so | F |
| The Kings sit down to dinner and the Queens stand up to dance | F |
| After open whether you may look for snow | F |
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| How far is St Helena from the Capes of Trafalgar | H |
| A longish way longish way with ten more to run | I |
| It's South across the water underneath a falling star | J |
| What you cannot finish you must leave undone | I |
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| How fair is St Helena from the Beresina ice | F |
| An ill way a chill way the ice begins to crack | K |
| But not so far for gentlemen who never took advice | F |
| When you can't go forward you must e'en come back | K |
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| How far is St Helena from the field of Waterloo | L |
| A near way a clear way the ship will take you soon | M |
| A pleasant place for gentlemen with little left to do | L |
| Morning never tries you till the afternoon | M |
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| How far from St Helena to the Gate of Heaven's Grace | F |
| That no one knows that no one knows and no one ever will | N |
| But fold your hands across your heart and cover up your face | F |
| And after all your trapesings child lie still | N |
Rudyard Kipling
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