Banquet Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCA DEFECA GHGHCA IJIJCA KLKLCC MNMN OOOOA| quot ONCE in so often quot King Solomon said | A |
| Watching his quarrymen drill the stone | B |
| quot We will curb our garlic and wine and bread | A |
| And banquet together beneath my Throne | B |
| And all Brethren shall come to that mess | C |
| As Fellow Craftsmen no more and no less quot | A |
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| quot Send a swift shallop to Hiram of Tyre | D |
| Felling and floating our beautiful trees | E |
| Say that the Brethren and I desire | F |
| Talk with our Brethren who use the seas | E |
| And we shall be happy to meet them at mess | C |
| As Fellow Craftsmen no more and no less quot | A |
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| quot Carry this message to Hiram Abif | G |
| Excellent master of forge and mine | H |
| I and the Brethren would like it if | G |
| He and the Brethren will come to dine | H |
| Garments from Bozrah or morning dress | C |
| As Fellow Craftsmen no more and no less quot | A |
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| quot God gave the Cedar their place | I |
| Also the Bramble the Fig and the Thorn | J |
| But that is no reason to black a man's face | I |
| Because he is not what he hasn't been born | J |
| And as touching the Temple I hold and profess | C |
| We are Fellow Craftsmen no more and no less quot | A |
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| So it was ordered and so it was done | K |
| And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark | L |
| With foc'sle hands of Sidon run | K |
| And Navy Lords from the ROYAL ARK | L |
| Came and sat down and were merry at mess | C |
| As Fellow Craftsmen no more and no less | C |
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| The Quarries are hotter than Hiram's forge | M |
| No one is safe from the dog whip's reach | N |
| It's mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge | M |
| And it's always blowing off Joppa beach | N |
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| But once in so often the messenger brings | O |
| Solomon's mandate quot Forget these things | O |
| Brother to Beggars and Fellow to Kings | O |
| Companion of Princes forget these things | O |
| Fellow Craftsmen forget these things quot | A |
Rudyard Kipling
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