As They Come Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGDGDHIHI JDJDKLKLMNMO| Right and left the leaders wheel | A |
| Seeking gap and gate | B |
| Catch his head and give him heel | A |
| Ride your country straight | B |
| Fences are by fortune made | C |
| Not by rule of thumb | D |
| Lash him at them unafraid | C |
| Take 'em as they come | D |
| Hedges may be rough and rank | E |
| Thick and three feet through | F |
| Doubled with a ditch or bank | E |
| What's the odds to you | F |
| Some are standing six feet high | G |
| Twined and twisted some | D |
| Never mind 'em Have a fly | G |
| Take 'em as they come | D |
| Walls and stiles and cattle gates | H |
| Ash and oaken rails | I |
| These as fashioned by the fates | H |
| Slack the slacker's sails | I |
| Turn the laggard from his line | J |
| Turn the timid numb | D |
| All the better chance to shine | J |
| Take 'em as they come | D |
| When our paltry years are past | K |
| Triumphs and regrets | L |
| Whether we went slow or fast | K |
| Soon the world forgets | L |
| Lucky if some friend should tell | M |
| Handing on your fame | N |
| Good 'un Always went like Hell | M |
| Took 'em as they came ' | O |
William Henry Ogilvie
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