Reflections Of A Poet, On Going To A Great Dinner Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAF AGAG HIHJ KLKL MKMN OBOB PQPQ PRPR| Great epoch in the history of bards | A |
| Important day to those who woo the nine | B |
| Better than fame are visitation cards | A |
| And heaven on earth at a great house to dine | B |
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| O cruel memory do not conjure up | C |
| The ghost of Sally Dab the famous cook | D |
| Who gave me solid food the cheering cup | C |
| And on her virtues begg'd I'd write a book | D |
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| For her dear sake I braved the letter'd fates | A |
| And all her loose thoughts in one volume cramm'd | E |
| The Accomplish'd Cook in verse with twenty plates | A |
| Which O ungrateful deed the critics d d | F |
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| D n them I say the tasteless envious elves | A |
| Malicious fancy makes them so expert | G |
| They write 'bout dinners who ne'er dine themselves | A |
| And boast of linen who ne'er had a shirt | G |
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| Rest goddess from all broils I bless thy name | H |
| Dear kitchen nymph as ever eyes did glut on | I |
| I'd give thee all I have my slice of fame | H |
| If thou fat shade could'st give one slice of mutton | J |
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| Yet hold ten minutes more and I am bless'd | K |
| Fly quick ye seconds quick ye moments fly | L |
| Soon shall I put my hunger to the test | K |
| And all the host of miseries defy | L |
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| Thrice is he arm'd who hath his dinner first | M |
| For well fed valour always fights the best | K |
| And though he may of over eating burst | M |
| His life is happy and his death is just | N |
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| To day I dine not on my usual fare | O |
| Not near the sacred mount with skinny nine | B |
| Not in the park upon a dish of air | O |
| But on true eatables and rosy wine | B |
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| Delightful task to cram the hungry maw | P |
| To teach the empty stomach how to fill | Q |
| To pour red port adown the parched craw | P |
| Without that dread dessert to pay the bill | Q |
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| I'm off methinks I smell the long lost savour | P |
| Hail platter sound to poet music sweet | R |
| Now grant me Jove if not too great a favour | P |
| Once in my life as much as I can eat | R |
Thomas Gent
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