Sunday Ethics. A Scotch Ode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDECB FBFFB GBGGB HBHHB IBIJB| Puir profligate Londoners having heard tell | A |
| That the De'il's got amang ye and fearing 'tis true | B |
| We ha' sent ye a mon wha's a match for his spell | A |
| A chiel o' our ain that the De'il himsel | A |
| Will be glad to keep clear of ane Andrew Agnew | B |
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| So at least ye may reckon for one day entire | C |
| In ilka lang week ye'll be tranquil eneugh | D |
| As Auld Nick do him justice abhors a Scotch squire | E |
| An' would sooner gae roast by his ain kitchen fire | C |
| Than pass a hale Sunday wi' Andrew Agnew | B |
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| For bless the gude mon gin he had his ain way | F |
| He'd na let a cat on the Sabbath say mew | B |
| Nae birdie maun whistle nae lambie maun play | F |
| An Phoebus himsel could na travel that day | F |
| As he'd find a new Joshua in Andie Agnew | B |
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| Only hear in your Senate how awfu' he cries | G |
| Wae wae to a' sinners who boil an' who stew | B |
| Wae wae to a' eaters o' Sabbath baked pies | G |
| For as surely again shall the crust thereof rise | G |
| In judgment against ye saith Andrew Agnew | B |
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| Ye may think from a' this that our Andie's the lad | H |
| To ca' o'er the coals your nobeelity too | B |
| That their drives o' a Sunday wi' flunkies a' clad | H |
| Like Shawmen behind 'em would mak the mon mad | H |
| But he's nae sic a noodle our Andie Agnew | B |
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| If Lairds an' fine Ladies on Sunday think right | I |
| To gang to the deevil as maist o' 'em do | B |
| To stop them our Andie would think na polite | I |
| And 'tis odds if the chiel could get onything by't | J |
| But he'd follow 'em booing would Andrew Agnew | B |
Thomas Moore
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