Report Of An Adjudged Case, Not To Be Found In Any Of The Books. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG IJIJ AKAK ALAL MNON PQRQBetween Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose | A |
The spectacles set them unhappily wrong | B |
The point in dispute was as all the world knows | A |
To which the said spectacles ought to belong | B |
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So Tongue was the lawyer and argued the cause | C |
With a great deal of skill and a wig full of learning | D |
While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws | E |
So famed for his talent in nicely discerning | D |
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In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear | F |
And your lordship he said will undoubtedly find | G |
That the Nose has had spectacles always in wear | H |
Which amounts to possession time out of mind | G |
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Then holding the spectacles up to the court | I |
Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle | J |
As wide as the ridge of the Nose is in short | I |
Design'd to sit close to it just like saddle | J |
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Again would your lordship a moment suppose | A |
'Tis a case that has happen'd and may be again | K |
That the visage or countenance had not a Nose | A |
Pray who would or who could wear spectacles then | K |
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On the whole it appears and my argument shows | A |
With a reasoning the court will never condemn | L |
That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose | A |
And the Nose was as plainly intended for them | L |
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Then shifting his side as a lawyer knows how | M |
He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes | N |
But what were his arguments few people know | O |
For the court did not think they were equally wise | N |
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So his lordship decreed with a grave solemn tone | P |
Decisive and clear without one if or but | Q |
That whenever the Nose put his spectacles on | R |
By daylight or candlelight Eyes should be shut | Q |
William Cowper
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