Hip, Hip, Hurra! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBB CCDDB BBEEB FFGGB HHIIB| Come fill round a bumper fill up to the brim | A |
| He who shrinks from a bumper I pledge not to him | A |
| Here's the girl that each loves be her eye of what hue | B |
| Or lustre it may so her heart is but true | B |
| Charge drinks hip hip hurra hurra | B |
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| Come charge high again boy nor let the full wine | C |
| Leave a space in the brimmer where daylight may shine | C |
| Here's the friends of our youth tho' of some we're bereft | D |
| May the links that are lost but endear what are left | D |
| Charge drinks hip hip hurra hurra | B |
| - | |
| Once more fill a bumper ne'er talk of the hour | B |
| On hearts thus united old Time has no power | B |
| May our lives tho' alas like the wine of to night | E |
| They must soon have an end to the last flow as bright | E |
| Charge drinks hip hip hurra hurra | B |
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| Quick quick now I'll give you since Time's glass will run | F |
| Even faster than ours doth three bumpers in one | F |
| Here's the poet who sings here's the warrior who fights | G |
| Here's the statesman who speaks in the cause of men's rights | G |
| Charge drinks hip hip hurra hurra | B |
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| Come once more a bumper then drink as you please | H |
| Tho' who could fill half way to toast such as these | H |
| Here's our next joyous meeting and oh when we meet | I |
| May our wine be as bright and our union as sweet | I |
| Charge drinks hip hip hurra hurra | B |
Thomas Moore
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