Thoughts On The Present Government Of Ireland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGCCHHIJKKLL CCMMMKC| Oft have I seen in gay equestrian pride | A |
| Some well rouged youth round Astley's Circus ride | A |
| Two stately steeds standing with graceful straddle | B |
| Like him of Rhodes with foot on either saddle | B |
| While to soft tunes some jigs and some andantes | C |
| He steers around his light paced Rosinantes | C |
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| So rides along with canter smooth and pleasant | D |
| That horseman bold Lord Anglesea at present | D |
| Papist and Protestant the coursers twain | E |
| That lend their necks to his impartial rein | E |
| And round the ring each honored as they go | F |
| With equal pressure from his gracious toe | F |
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| To the old medley tune half Patrick's Day | G |
| And half Boyne Water take their cantering way | G |
| While Peel the showman in the middle cracks | C |
| His long lasht whip to cheer the doubtful hacks | C |
| Ah ticklish trial of equestrian art | H |
| How blest if neither steed would bolt or start | H |
| If Protestant's old restive tricks were gone | I |
| And Papist's winkers could be still kept on | J |
| But no false hopes not even the great Ducrow | K |
| 'Twixt two such steeds could 'scape an overthrow | K |
| If solar hacks played Pha ton a trick | L |
| What hope alas from hackneys lunatic | L |
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| If once my Lord his graceful balance loses | C |
| Or fails to keep each foot where each horse chooses | C |
| If Peel but gives one extra touch of whip | M |
| To Papist's tail or Protestant's ear tip | M |
| That instant ends their glorious horsmanship | M |
| Off bolt the severed steeds for mischief free | K |
| And down between them plumps Lord Anglesea | C |
Thomas Moore
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