They Called Thee Merry England, In Old Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBBCDBEEBFFB| They called Thee Merry England in old time | A |
| A happy people won for thee that name | B |
| With envy heard in many a distant clime | B |
| And spite of change for me thou keep'st the same | B |
| Endearing title a responsive chime | B |
| To the heart's fond belief though some there are | C |
| Whose sterner judgments deem that word a snare | D |
| For inattentive Fancy like the lime | B |
| Which foolish birds are caught with Can I ask | E |
| This face of rural beauty be a mask | E |
| For discontent and poverty and crime | B |
| These spreading towns a cloak for lawless will | F |
| Forbid it Heaven and Merry England still | F |
| Shall be thy rightful name in prose and rhyme | B |
William Wordsworth
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