Lorenzo De Lardy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLMN OPOQ RSRS RSMT SSSS SUSU ISIS SSSS SISI SASA TSTS SVSV WSWS STSS SISI| DALILAH DE DARDY adored | A |
| The very correctest of cards | B |
| LORENZO DE LARDY a lord | A |
| He was one of Her Majesty's Guards | B |
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| DALILAH DE DARDY was fat | C |
| DALILAH DE DARDY was old | D |
| No doubt in the world about that | C |
| But DALILAH DE DARDY had gold | D |
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| LORENZO DE LARDY was tall | E |
| The flower of maidenly pets | F |
| Young ladies would love at his call | E |
| But LORENZO DE LARDY had debts | F |
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| His money position was queer | G |
| And one of his favourite freaks | H |
| Was to hide himself three times a year | G |
| In Paris for several weeks | H |
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| Many days didn't pass him before | I |
| He fanned himself into a flame | J |
| For a beautiful DAM DU COMPTWORE | I |
| And this was her singular name | J |
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| ALICE EULALIE CORALINE | K |
| EUPHROSINE COLOMBINA THERESE | L |
| JULIETTE STEPHANIE CELESTINE | M |
| CHARLOTTE RUSSE DE LA SAUCE MAYONNAISE | N |
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| She booked all the orders and tin | O |
| Accoutred in showy fal lal | P |
| At a two fifty Restaurant in | O |
| The glittering Palais Royal | Q |
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| He'd gaze in her orbit of blue | R |
| Her hand he would tenderly squeeze | S |
| But the words of her tongue that he knew | R |
| Were limited strictly to these | S |
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| CORALINE CELESTINE EULALIE | R |
| Houp le Je vous aime oui mossoo | S |
| Combien donnez moi aujourd'hui | M |
| Bonjour Mademoiselle parlez voo | T |
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| MADEMOISELLE DE LA SAUCE MAYONNAISE | S |
| Was a witty and beautiful miss | S |
| Extremely correct in her ways | S |
| But her English consisted of this | S |
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| Oh my pretty man if you please | S |
| Blom boodin biftek currie lamb | U |
| Bouldogue two franc half quite ze cheese | S |
| Rosbif me spik Angleesh godam | U |
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| A waiter for seasons before | I |
| Had basked in her beautiful gaze | S |
| And burnt to dismember MILOR | I |
| HE LOVED DE LA SAUCE MAYONNAISE | S |
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| He said to her Mechante THERESE | S |
| Avec desespoir tu m'accables | S |
| Penses tu DE LA SAUCE MAYONNAISE | S |
| Ses intentions sont honorables | S |
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| Flirtez toujours ma belle si tu oses | S |
| Je me vengerai ainsi ma chere | I |
| JE LUI DIRAI DE QUOI L'ON COMPOSE | S |
| VOL AU VENT E LA FINANCIERE | I |
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| LORD LARDY knew nothing of this | S |
| The waiter's devotion ignored | A |
| But he gazed on the beautiful miss | S |
| And never seemed weary or bored | A |
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| The waiter would screw up his nerve | T |
| His fingers he'd snap and he'd dance | S |
| And LORD LARDY would smile and observe | T |
| How strange are the customs of France | S |
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| Well after delaying a space | S |
| His tradesmen no longer would wait | V |
| Returning to England apace | S |
| He yielded himself to his fate | V |
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| LORD LARDY espoused with a groan | W |
| MISS DARDY'S developing charms | S |
| And agreed to tag on to his own | W |
| Her name and her newly found arms | S |
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| The waiter he knelt at the toes | S |
| Of an ugly and thin coryphee | T |
| Who danced in the hindermost rows | S |
| At the Theatre des Varietes | S |
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| MADEMOISELLE DE LA SAUCE MAYONNAISE | S |
| Didn't yield to a gnawing despair | I |
| But married a soldier and plays | S |
| As a pretty and pert Vivandiere | I |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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