Here-s A Health To King Charles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHID JKJKJLJD| Bring the bowl which you boast | A |
| Fill it up to the brim | B |
| Tis to him we love most | A |
| And to all who love him | B |
| Brave gallants stand up | C |
| And avaunt ye base carles | D |
| Were there death in the cup | C |
| Here s a health to King Charles | D |
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| Though he wanders through dangers | E |
| Unaided unknown | F |
| Dependent on strangers | E |
| Estranged from his own | F |
| Though tis under our breath | G |
| Amidst forfeits and perils | H |
| Here s to honor and faith | I |
| And a health to King Charles | D |
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| Let such honors abound | J |
| As the time can afford | K |
| The knee on the ground | J |
| And the hand on the sword | K |
| But the time shall come round | J |
| When mid Lords Dukes and Earls | L |
| The loud trumpet shall sound | J |
| Here s a health to King Charles | D |
Sir Walter Scott
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