A Credo (after The German) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBCCDEEFB GGBBBHHIEEFB| For the sole edification | A |
| Of this decent congregation | A |
| Goodly people by your grant | B |
| I will sing a holy chant | B |
| I will sing a holy chant | B |
| If the ditty sound but oddly | C |
| 'Twas a father wise and godly | C |
| Sang it so long ago | D |
| Then sing as Martin Luther sang | E |
| As Doctor Martin Luther sang | E |
| quot Who loves not wine woman and song | F |
| He is a fool his whole life long quot | B |
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| He by custom patriarchal | G |
| Loved to see the beaker sparkle | G |
| And he thought the wine improved | B |
| Tasted by the lips he loved | B |
| But the kindly lips he loved | B |
| Friends I wish this custom pious | H |
| Duly were observed by us | H |
| To combine love song wine | I |
| And sing as Martin Luther sang | E |
| As Doctor Martin Luther sang | E |
| quot Who loves not wine woman and song | F |
| He is a fool his whole life long quot | B |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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