Our Fathers Of Old Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCBAA ADADEFEFAA GCGCHIHGGG GGGGJGJGG KLMGNOPOOGG| Excellent herbs had our fathers of old | A |
| Excellent herbs to ease their pain | B |
| Alexanders and Marigold | A |
| Eyebright Orris and Elecampane | B |
| Basil Rocket Valerian Rue | C |
| Almost singing themselves they run | B |
| Vervain Dittany Call me to you | C |
| Cowslip Melilot Rose of the Sun | B |
| Anything green that grew out of the mould | A |
| Was an excellent herb to our fathers of old | A |
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| Wonderful tales had our fathers of old | A |
| Wonderful tales of the herbs and the stars | D |
| The Sun was Lord of the Marigold | A |
| Basil and Rocket belonged to Mars | D |
| Pat as a sum in division it goes | E |
| Every herb had a planet bespoke | F |
| Who but Venus should govern the Rose | E |
| Who but Jupiter own the Oak | F |
| Simply and gravely the facts are told | A |
| In the wonderful books of our fathers of old | A |
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| Wonderful little when all is said | G |
| Wonderful little our fathers knew | C |
| Half their remedies cured you dead | G |
| Most of their teaching was quite untrue | C |
| quot Look at the stars when a patient is ill | H |
| Dirt has nothing to do with disease | I |
| Bleed and blister as much as you will | H |
| Bister and bleed him as oft as you please quot | G |
| Whence enormous and manifold | G |
| Errors were made by our fathers of old | G |
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| Yet when the sickness was sore in the land | G |
| And neither planets nor herbs assuaged | G |
| They took their lives in their lancet hand | G |
| And oh what a wonderful war they waged | G |
| Yes when the crosses were chalked on the door | J |
| Yes when the terrible dead cart rolled | G |
| Excellent courage our fathers bore | J |
| None too learned but nobly bold | G |
| Into the fight went our fathers of old | G |
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| If it be certain as Galen says | K |
| And sage Hippocrates holds as much | L |
| quot That those afflicted by doubts and dismays | M |
| Are mightily helped by a dead man's touch quot | G |
| Then be good to us stars above | N |
| Then be good to us herbs below | O |
| We are afflicted by what we can prove | P |
| We are distracted by what we know | O |
| So ah so | O |
| Down from your heaven or up from your mould | G |
| Send us the hearts of our Fathers of old | G |
Rudyard Kipling
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