The Price Of An Equipage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB C DDE FFGGA HHIJKKLLAA MMNN| Servum si potes Ole non habere | A |
| Et regem potes Ole non habere Mart | B |
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| 'If thou from Fortune dost no servant crave | C |
| Believe me thou no master need'st to have ' | - |
| - | |
| I ask'd a friend amidst the throng | D |
| Whose coach it was that trail'd along | D |
| 'The gilded coach there don't ye mind | E |
| That with the footmen stuck behind ' | - |
| 'O Sir ' says he 'what han't you seen it | F |
| 'Tis Damon's Coach and Damon in it | F |
| 'Tis odd methinks you have forgot | G |
| Your friend your neighbour and what not | G |
| Your old acquaintance Damon ' 'True | A |
| But faith his Equipage is new ' | - |
| 'Bless me ' said I 'where can it end | H |
| That madness has possess'd my friend | H |
| Four powder'd slaves and those the tallest | I |
| Their stomachs doubtless not the smallest | J |
| Can Damon's revenue maintain | K |
| In lace and food so large a train | K |
| I know his land each inch of ground | L |
| 'Tis not a mile to walk it round | L |
| If Damon's whole estate can bear | A |
| To keep his lad and one horse chair | A |
| I own 'tis past my comprehension ' | - |
| 'Yes Sir but Damon has a pension ' | - |
| Thus does a false ambition rule us | M |
| Thus pomp delude and folly fool us | M |
| To keep a race of flickering knaves | N |
| He grows himself the worst of slaves | N |
William Shenstone
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