The Lord Chancellor's Song. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFG HHHHIJKKFG LLMMDDDDFG| The law is the true embodiment | A |
| Of everything that's excellent | A |
| It has no kind of fault or flaw | B |
| And I my lords embody the Law | B |
| The constitutional guardian I | C |
| Of pretty young Wards in Chancery | D |
| All very agreeable girls and none | E |
| Are over the age of twenty one | E |
| A pleasant occupation for | F |
| A rather susceptible Chancellor | G |
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| But though the compliment implied | H |
| Inflates me with legitimate pride | H |
| It nevertheless can't be denied | H |
| That it has its inconvenient side | H |
| For I'm not so old and not so plain | I |
| And I'm quite prepared to marry again | J |
| But there'd be the deuce to pay in the Lords | K |
| If I fell in love with one of my Wards | K |
| Which rather tries my temper for | F |
| I'm such a susceptible Chancellor | G |
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| And everyone who'd marry a Ward | L |
| Must come to me for my accord | L |
| So in my court I sit all day | M |
| Giving agreeable girls away | M |
| With one for him and one for he | D |
| And one for you and one for ye | D |
| And one for thou and one for thee | D |
| But never oh never a one for me | D |
| Which is exasperating for | F |
| A highly susceptible Chancellor | G |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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