Poet Thomas Moore

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Tory Pledges Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KKKK LMNM OJOJ KKKK JKJK KPKP KJKJ KQKR

I pledge myself thro' thick and thinA
To labor still with zeal devoutB
To get the Outs poor devils inA
And turn the Ins the wretches outB
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I pledge myself tho' much bereftC
Of ways and means of ruling illD
To make the most of what are leftC
And stick to all that's rotten stillD
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Tho' gone the days of place and pelfE
And drones no more take all the honeyF
I pledge myself to cram myselfE
With all I can of public moneyF
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To quarter on that social purseG
My nephews nieces sisters brothersH
Nor so we prosper care a curseG
How much 'tis at the expense of othersH
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I pledge myself whenever RightI
And Might on any point divideJ
Not to ask which is black or whiteI
But take at once the strongest sideJ
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For instance in all Tithe discussionsK
I'm for the Reverend encroachersK
I loathe the Poles applaud the RussiansK
Am for the Squires against the PoachersK
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Betwixt the Corn lords and the PoorL
I've not the slightest hesitationM
The People must be starved to insureN
The Land its due remunerationM
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I pledge myself to be no moreO
With Ireland's wrongs beprosed or shammedJ
I vote her grievances a boreO
So she may suffer and be damnedJ
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Or if she kick let it console usK
We still have plenty of red coatsK
To cram the Church that general bolusK
Down any given amount of throatsK
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I dearly love the Frankfort DietJ
Think newspapers the worst of crimesK
And would to give some chance of quietJ
Hang all the writers of The TimesK
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Break all their correspondents' bonesK
All authors of Reply RejoinderP
From the Anti Tory Colonel JonesK
To the Anti Suttee Mr PoynderP
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Such are the Pledges I proposeK
And tho' I can't now offer goldJ
There's many a way of buying thoseK
Who've but the taste for being soldJ
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So here's with three times three hurrahsK
A toast of which you'll not complainQ
Long life to jobbing may the daysK
Of Peculation shine againR

Thomas Moore



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