Over The Wine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB AADAAD EEFCCF EEGHHG EEIHHI CCJKKJ AALMML AABHHB

Very often when I'm drinkingA
Of the old days I am thinkingA
Of the good old days when living was a JoyB
And each morning brought new PleasureC
And each night brought Dreams of TreasureC
And I thank the Lord that I was once a BoyB
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When I hear the old hands spinningA
Yams of gold there was for winningA
In the Roaring Days that now so silent areD
And my brain is whirling reelingA
With their legends comes the feelingA
That the Rainbow Gold I knew was finer farD
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For not all the trains in motionE
All the ships that sail the oceanE
With their cargoes all the money in the martF
Could purchase for an hourC
Such a treasure as the FlowerC
As the Flower of Hope that blossomed in my heartF
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Now I sit and smile and listenE
To my friends whose eyes still glistenE
Though their beards are showing threads of silver greyG
As they talk of Fame and GloryH
The old old pathetic storyH
While they drink Good luck to luck that keeps awayG
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When I hear a politicianE
Speak of honours and positionE
And the time to come when he will sit on highI
Then I feel a sovran pityH
For this species of bandittiH
Raising trouble while the golden time goes byI
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Long ago I did discoverC
It was fine to be a loverC
But the heartache and the worry spoil the gameJ
Now I think like an old vandalK
That the game's not worth the candleK
And I know some other vandals think the sameJ
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And I hate the cant of strivingA
Slaving planning and contrivingA
Struggling onward for a paltry little prizeL
O it fills my heart with sorrowM
This mad grasping for To morrowM
While To day from gold to purple dusks and diesL
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Very often when I'm drinkingA
Of the old days I am thinkingA
Of the good old days when living was a JoyB
When I see folk marching drearyH
To the tune of MiserereH
Then I thank the Lord that I am still a BoyB

Victor James Daley



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