The Coiner Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCD EEBB EEFF GGHH BBAA AAAA AAFA IIAA J| To be sung by the unlearned to the tune of quot King John and the Abbot of Canterbury quot and by the learned to quot Tempest a brewing quot | A |
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| Aga inst the Bermudas we foundered whereby | B |
| This Master that Swabber yon Bo'sun and I | B |
| Our pinnace and crew being drowned in the main | C |
| Must beg for our bread through old England again | D |
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| For a bite and a sup and a bed of clean straw | E |
| We'll tell you such marvels as man never saw | E |
| On a Magical Island which no one did spy | B |
| Save this Master that Swabber yon Bo'sun and I | B |
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| Seven months among Mermaids and Devils and Sprites | E |
| And Voices that howl in the cedars o'nights | E |
| With further enchantments we underwent there | F |
| Good Sirs 'tis a tale to draw guts from a bear | F |
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| 'Twixt Dover and Southwark it paid us our way | G |
| Where we found some poor players were labouring a play | G |
| And willing to search what such business might be | H |
| We entered the yard both to hear and to see | H |
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| One hailed us for seamen and courteous ly | B |
| Did guide us apart to a tavern near by | B |
| Where we told him our tale as to many of late | A |
| And he gave us good cheer so we gave him good weight | A |
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| Mulled sack and strong waters on bellies well lined | A |
| With beef and black pudding do strengthen the mind | A |
| And seeing him greedy for marvels at last | A |
| From plain salted truth to flat leasing we passed | A |
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| But he when on midnight our reckoning he paid | A |
| Says quot Never match coins with a Coiner by trade | A |
| Or he'll turn your lead pieces to metal as rare | F |
| As shall fill him this globe and leave something to spare quot | A |
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| We slept where they laid us and when we awoke | I |
| Was a crown or five shillings in every man's poke | I |
| We bit them and rang them and finding them good | A |
| We drank to that Coiner as honest men should | A |
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| For a cup and a crust and a truss etc | J |
Rudyard Kipling
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