The Canonization Of Saint Butterworth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABA CACA DEDE FAFA AGAG HAHA IAIA AJAJ KLKL BABA AIAI MAMA NANA| A Christian of the best edition RABELAIS | A |
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| Canonize him yea verily we'll canonize him | B |
| Tho' Cant is his hobby and meddling his bliss | A |
| Tho' sages may pity and wits may despise him | B |
| He'll ne'er make a bit the worse Saint for all this | A |
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| Descend all ye Spirits that ever yet spread | C |
| The dominion of Humbug o'er land and o'er sea | A |
| Descend on our Butterworth's biblical head | C |
| Thrice Great Bibliopolist Saint and M P | A |
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| Come shade of Joanna come down from thy sphere | D |
| And bring little Shiloh if 'tisn't too far | E |
| Such a sight will to Butterworth's bosom be dear | D |
| His conceptions and thine being much on a par | E |
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| Nor blush Saint Joanna once more to behold | F |
| A world thou hast honored by cheating so many | A |
| Thou'lt find still among us one Personage old | F |
| Who also by tricks and the Seals makes a penny | A |
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| Thou too of the Shakers divine Mother Lee | A |
| Thy smiles to beatified Butterworth deign | G |
| Two lights of the Gentiles are thou Anne and he | A |
| One hallowing Fleet Street and t'other Toad Lane | G |
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| The heathen we know made their Gods out of wood | H |
| And Saints may be framed of as handy materials | A |
| Old women and Butterworths make just as good | H |
| As any the Pope ever bookt as Ethereals | A |
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| Stand forth Man of Bibles not Mahomet's pigeon | I |
| When perched on the Koran he dropt there they say | A |
| Strong marks of his faith ever shed o'er religion | I |
| Such glory as Butterworth sheds every day | A |
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| Great Galen of souls with what vigor he crams | A |
| Down Erin's idolatrous throats till they crack again | J |
| Bolus on bolus good man and then damns | A |
| Both their stomachs and souls if they dare cast them back again | J |
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| How well might his shop as a type representing | K |
| The creed of himself and his sanctified clan | L |
| On its counter exhibit the Art of Tormenting | K |
| Bound neatly and lettered Whole Duty of Man | L |
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| Canonize him by Judas we will canonize him | B |
| For Cant is his hobby and twaddling his bliss | A |
| And tho' wise men may pity and wits may despise him | B |
| He'll make but the better shop saint for all this | A |
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| Call quickly together the whole tribe of Canters | A |
| Convoke all the serious Tag rag of the nation | I |
| Bring Shakers and Snufflers and Jumpers and Ranters | A |
| To witness their Butterworth's Canonization | I |
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| Yea humbly I've ventured his merits to paint | M |
| Yea feebly have tried all his gifts to portray | A |
| And they form a sum total for making a Saint | M |
| That the Devil's own advocate could not gainsay | A |
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| Jump high all ye Jumpers ye Ranters all roar | N |
| While Butterworth's spirit upraised from your eyes | A |
| Like a kite made of foolscap in glory shall soar | N |
| With a long tail of rubbish behind to the skies | A |
Thomas Moore
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