A Ghost Story. To The Air Of "unfortunate Miss Bailey." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEEBBE FBFBGHGHIIJJI KLKLMNONEEPPE| Not long in bed had Lyndhurst lain | A |
| When as his lamp burned dimly | B |
| The ghosts of corporate bodies slain | A |
| Stood by his bedside grimly | B |
| Dead aldermen who once could feast | C |
| But now themselves are fed on | D |
| And skeletons of mayors deceased | C |
| This doleful chorus led on | D |
| Oh Lord Lyndhurst | E |
| Unmerciful Lord Lyndhurst | E |
| Corpses we | B |
| All burkt by thee | B |
| Unmerciful Lord Lyndhurst | E |
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| Avaunt ye frights his Lordship cried | F |
| Ye look most glum and whitely | B |
| Ah Lyndhurst dear the frights replied | F |
| You've used us unpolitely | B |
| And now ungrateful man to drive | G |
| Dead bodies from your door so | H |
| Who quite corrupt enough alive | G |
| You've made by death still more so | H |
| Oh Ex Chancellor | I |
| Destructive Ex Chancellor | I |
| See thy work | J |
| Thou second Burke | J |
| Destructive Ex Chancellor | I |
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| Bold Lyndhurst then whom naught could keep | K |
| Awake or surely that would | L |
| Cried Curse you all fell fast asleep | K |
| And dreamt of Small v Attwood | L |
| While shockt the bodies flew downstairs | M |
| But courteous in their panic | N |
| Precedence gave to ghosts of mayors | O |
| And corpses aldermanic | N |
| Crying Oh Lord Lyndhurst | E |
| That terrible Lord Lyndhurst | E |
| Not Old Scratch | P |
| Himself could match | P |
| That terrible Lord Lyndhurst | E |
Thomas Moore
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