The Bride's Tragedy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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The wind wears roun' the day wears dounA
The moon is grisly greyB
There's nae man rides by the mirk muirsidesC
Nor down the dark Tyne's wayB
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
And winna ye watch the night wi' meD
And winna ye wake the mornA
Foul shame it were that your ae mitherB
Should brook her ae son's scornA
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
O mither I may not sleep nor stayB
My weird is ill to dreeB
For a fause faint lord of the south seaboardE
Wad win my bride of meD
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
The winds are strang and the nights are langF
And the ways are sair to rideG
And I maun gang to wreak my wrangF
And ye maun bide and bideG
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
Gin I maun bide and bide WillieD
I wot my weird is sairB
Weel may ye get ye a light love yetH
But never a mither mairB
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
O gin the morrow be great wi' sorrowB
The wyte be yours of a'I
But though ye slay me that haud and stay meD
The weird ye will maun fa'J
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
When cocks were crawing and day was dawingF
He's boun' him forth to rideG
And the ae first may he's met that dayB
Was fause Earl Robert's brideG
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
O blithe and braw were the bride folk a'I
But sad and saft rade sheD
And sad as doom was her fause bridegroomK
But fair and fain was heD
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
And winna ye bide sae saft ye rideG
And winna ye speak wi' meD
For mony's the word and the kindly wordL
I have spoken aft wi' theeD
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
My lamp was lit yestreen WillieD
My window gate was wideG
But ye camena nigh me till day came by meD
And made me not your brideG
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
He's set his hand to her bridle reinA
He's turned her horse awayB
And the cry was sair and the wrath was mairB
And fast and fain rode theyB
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
But when they came by ChollerfordG
I wot the ways were fellM
For broad and brown the spate swang downA
And the lift was mirk as hellM
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
And will ye ride yon fell waterB
Or will ye bide for fearB
Nae scathe ye'll win o' your father's kinA
Though they should slay me hereB
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
I had liefer ride yon fell waterB
Though strange it be to rideG
Than I wad stand on the fair green strandG
And thou be slain besideG
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
I had liefer swim yon wild waterB
Though sair it be to bideG
Than I wad stand at a strange man's handG
To be a strange man's brideG
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
I had liefer drink yon dark waterB
Wi' the stanes to make my bedG
And the faem to hide me and thou beside meD
Than I wad see thee deadG
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
He's kissed her twice he's kissed her thriceC
On cheek and lip and chinA
He's wound her rein to his hand againA
And lightly they leapt inA
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
Their hearts were high to live or dieG
Their steeds were stark of limbN
But the stream was starker the spate was darkerB
Than man might live and swimN
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
The first ae step they strode thereinA
It smote them foot and kneeA
But ere they wan to the mid waterB
The spate was as the seaA
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA
But when they wan to the mid waterB
It smote them hand and headG
And nae man knows but the wave that flowsC
Where they lie drowned and deadG
In in out and inA
Blaws the wind and whirls the whinA

Algernon Charles Swinburne



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