Sly Dick Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEDDFFGGHIJJ KKLLMMNNOOPPJJLLLLQQ| Sharp was the frost the wind was high | A |
| And sparkling stars bedeckt the sky | A |
| Sly Dick in arts of cunning skill'd | B |
| Whose rapine all his pockets fill'd | B |
| Had laid him down to take his rest | C |
| And soothe with sleep his anxious breast | C |
| 'Twas thus a dark infernal sprite | D |
| A native of the blackest night | D |
| Portending mischief to devise | E |
| Upon Sly Dick he cast his eyes | E |
| Then straight descends the infernal sprite | D |
| And in his chamber does alight | D |
| In visions he before him stands | F |
| And his attention he commands | F |
| Thus spake the sprite hearken my friend | G |
| And to my counsels now attend | G |
| Within the garret's spacious dome | H |
| There lies a well stor'd wealthy room | I |
| Well stor'd with cloth and stockings too | J |
| Which I suppose will do for you | J |
| First from the cloth take thou a purse | K |
| For thee it will not be the worse | K |
| A noble purse rewards thy pains | L |
| A purse to hold thy filching gains | L |
| Then for the stockings let them reeve | M |
| And not a scrap behind thee leave | M |
| Five bundles for a penny sell | N |
| And pence to thee will come pell mell | N |
| See it be done with speed and care | O |
| Thus spake the sprite and sunk in air | O |
| When in the morn with thoughts erect | P |
| Sly Dick did on his dreams reflect | P |
| Why faith thinks he 'tis something too | J |
| It might perhaps it might be true | J |
| I'll go and see away he hies | L |
| And to the garret quick he flies | L |
| Enters the room cuts up the clothes | L |
| And after that reeves up the hose | L |
| Then of the cloth he purses made | Q |
| Purses to hold his filching trade | Q |
Thomas Chatterton
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