My Old Classical Master Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CCCB DDDB EEEB FFFB GGGB HHHB IBIB JJJB KKKB| Ever hail'd with delight when my memory strays | A |
| O'er the various scenes of my juvenile days | A |
| Do you mind if I sing a poor song in your praise | A |
| My jolly old classical master | B |
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| You were kind over lenient 'twas rumor'd to rule | C |
| And so learn'd though the blithest of all in the school | C |
| 'Twas your pupil's own fault if he left you a fool | C |
| My jolly old classical master | B |
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| Polumetis Odusseus you brought back to life | D |
| Xanthos Menelaos recalled to the strife | D |
| You knew more about Homer than Homer's own wife | D |
| My jolly old classical master | B |
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| You could sever each classical Gordian knot | E |
| Each crux criticorum explain on the spot | E |
| We preferr'd your opinion to Liddell and Scott | E |
| My jolly old classical master | B |
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| To you Arma virumque All Gaul and the rest | F |
| Were a snap of the fingers a plaything a jest | F |
| Even Horace mere English you lik'd Horace best | F |
| My jolly old classical master | B |
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| We esteemed you a marvel in Latin and Greek | G |
| An Erasmus a Bentley a Person a freak | G |
| And for all sorts of knowledge we held you unique | G |
| My jolly old classical master | B |
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| You brought forth from your treasury things new and old | H |
| Philosophical gems oratorical gold | H |
| And how many a capital story you told | H |
| My jolly old classical master | B |
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| Your devotion to learning whole hearted and pure | I |
| Your fine critical relish of literature | B |
| And your gay disposition had charms to allure | I |
| My jolly old classical master | B |
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| Here's a health to you sir from a thousand old boys | J |
| Who once plagu'd you with nonsense and tried you with noise | J |
| But who learn'd from you lov'd you and wish you all joys | J |
| My jolly old classical master | B |
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| May your mien be still jovial your mind be still bright | K |
| May your wit be still sprightly your heart be still light | K |
| And long long may it be ere your spirit takes flight | K |
| My jolly old classical master | B |
W. M. Mackeracher
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