The Weary Wedding Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Algernon Charles Swinburne

The Weary Wedding Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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O daughter why do ye laugh and weep	A
One with another	B
For woe to wake and for will to sleep	A
Mother my mother	B
But weep ye winna the day ye wed	C
One with another	B
For tears are dry when the springs are dead	C
Mother my mother	B
Too long have your tears run down like rain	D
One with another	B
For a long love lost and a sweet love slain	D
Mother my mother	B
Too long have your tears dripped down like dew	E
One with another	B
For a knight that my sire and my brethren slew	E
Mother my mother	B
Let past things perish and dead griefs lie	F
One with another	B
O fain would I weep not and fain would I die	F
Mother my mother	B
Fair gifts we give ye to laugh and live	G
One with another	B
But sair and strange are the gifts I give	H
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye give for your father's love	I
One with another	B
Fruits full few and thorns enough	J
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye give for your mother's sake	K
One with another	B
Tears to brew and tares to bake	K
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye give your sister Jean	L
One with another	B
A bier to build and a babe to wean	L
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye give your sister Nell	M
One with another	B
The end of life and beginning of hell	M
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye give your sister Kate	N
One with another	B
Earth's door and hell's gate	N
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye give your brother Will	O
One with another	B
Life's grief and world's ill	O
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye give your brother Hugh	E
One with another	B
A bed of turf to turn into	E
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye give your brother John	P
One with another	B
The dust of death to feed upon	P
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye give your bauld bridegroom	Q
One with another	B
A barren bed and an empty room	Q
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye give your bridegroom's friend	R
One with another	B
A weary foot to the weary end	R
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye give your blithe bridesmaid	S
One with another	B
Grief to sew and sorrow to braid	S
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye drink the day ye're wed	C
One with another	B
But ae drink of the wan well head	C
Mother my mother	B
And whatten a water is that to draw	T
One with another	B
We maun draw thereof a' we maun drink thereof a'	U
Mother my mother	B
And what shall ye pu' where the well rins deep	A
One with another	B
Green herb of death fine flower of sleep	A
Mother my mother	B
Are there ony fishes that swim therein	V
One with another	B
The white fish grace and the red fish sin	V
Mother my mother	B
Are there ony birds that sing thereby	F
One with another	B
O when they come thither they sing till they die	F
Mother my mother	B
Is there ony draw bucket to that well head	C
One with another	B
There's a wee well bucket hangs low by a thread	C
Mother my mother	B
And whatten a thread is that to spin	V
One with another	B
It's green for grace and it's black for sin	V
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye strew on your bride chamber floor	W
One with another	B
But one strewing and no more	W
Mother my mother	B
And whatten a strewing shall that one be	X
One with another	B
The dust of earth and sand of the sea	X
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye take to build your bed	C
One with another	B
Sighing and shame and the bones of the dead	C
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye wear for your wedding gown	Y
One with another	B
Grass for the green and dust for the brown	Y
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye wear for your wedding lace	Z
One with another	B
A heavy heart and a hidden face	Z
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye wear for a wreath to your head	C
One with another	B
Ash for the white and blood for the red	C
Mother my mother	B
And what will ye wear for your wedding ring	A2
One with another	B
A weary thought for a weary thing	A2
Mother my mother	B
And what shall the chimes and the bell ropes play	B2
One with another	B
A weary tune on a weary day	B2
Mother my mother	B
And what shall be sung for your wedding song	C2
One with another	B
A weary word of a weary wrong	C2
Mother my mother	B
The world's way with me runs back	D2
One with another	B
Wedded in white and buried in black	D2
Mother my mother	B
The world's day and the world's night	E2
One with another	B
Wedded in black and buried in white	E2
Mother my mother	B
The world's bliss and the world's teen	L
One with another	B
It's red for white and it's black for green	L
Mother my mother	B
The world's will and the world's way	B2
One with another	B
It's sighing for night and crying for day	B2
Mother my mother	B
The world's good and the world's worth	F2
One with another	B
It's earth to flesh and it's flesh to earth	F2
Mother my mother	B
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When she came out at the kirkyard gate	N
One with another	B
The bridegroom's mother was there in wait	N
Mother my mother	B
O mother where is my great green bed	C
One with another	B
Silk at the foot and gold at the head	C
Mother my mother	B
Yea it is ready the silk and the gold	G2
One with another	B
But line it well that I lie not cold	G2
Mother my mother	B
She laid her cheek to the velvet and vair	B
One with another	B
She laid her arms up under her hair	B
Mother my mother	B
Her gold hair fell through her arms fu' low	H2
One with another	B
Lord God bring me out of woe	H2
Mother my mother	B
Her gold hair fell in the gay reeds green	L
One with another	B
Lord God bring me out of teen	L
Mother my mother	B
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O mother where is my lady gone	I2
One with another	B
In the bride chamber she makes sore moan	J2
Mother my mother	B
Her hair falls over the velvet and vair	B
One with another	B
Her great soft tears fall over her hair	B
Mother my mother	B
When he came into the bride's chamber	B
One with another	B
Her hands were like pale yellow amber	B
Mother my mother	B
Her tears made specks in the velvet and vair	B
One with another	B
The seeds of the reeds made specks in her hair	B
Mother my mother	B
He kissed her under the gold on her head	C
One with another	B
The lids of her eyes were like cold lead	C
Mother my mother	B
He kissed her under the fall of her chin	V
One with another	B
There was right little blood therein	V
Mother my mother	B
He kissed her under her shoulder sweet	K2
One with another	B
Her throat was weak with little heat	K2
Mother my mother	B
He kissed her down by her breast flowers red	C
One with another	B
They were like river flowers dead	C
Mother my mother	B
What ails you now o' your weeping wife	L2
One with another	B
It ails me sair o' my very life	L2
Mother my mother	B
What ails you now o' your weary ways	M2
One with another	B
It ails me sair o' my long life days	M2
Mother my mother	B
Nay ye are young ye are over fair	B
One with another	B
Though I be young what needs ye care	B
Mother my mother	B
Nay ye are fair ye are over sweet	K2
One with another	B
Though I be fair what needs ye greet	K2
Mother my mother	B
Nay ye are mine while I hold my life	L2
One with another	B
O fool will ye marry the worm for a wife	L2
Mother my mother	B
Nay ye are mine while I have my breath	N2
One with another	B
O fool will ye marry the dust of death	N2
Mother my mother	B
Yea ye are mine we are handfast wed	C
One with another	B
Nay I am no man's nay I am dead	C
Mother my mother	B