A West-country Lover Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCB DBDBCCCB CBCBEEEB FBFBGGGB| Then lady at last thou art sick of my sighing | A |
| Good bye | B |
| So long as I sue thou wilt still be denying | A |
| Good bye | B |
| Ah well shall I vow then to serve thee forever | C |
| And swear no unkindness our kinship can sever | C |
| Nay nay dear my lass here's an end of endeavor | C |
| Good bye | B |
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| Yet let no sweet ruth for my misery grieve thee | D |
| Good bye | B |
| The man who has loved knows as well how to leave thee | D |
| Good bye | B |
| The gorse is enkindled there's bloom on the heather | C |
| And love is my joy but so too is fair weather | C |
| I still ride abroad though we ride not together | C |
| Good bye | B |
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| My horse is my mate let the wind be my master | C |
| Good bye | B |
| Though Care may pursue yet my hound follows faster | C |
| Good bye | B |
| The red deer's a tremble in coverts unbroken | E |
| He hears the hoof thunder he scents the death token | E |
| Shall I mope at home under vows never spoken | E |
| Good bye | B |
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| The brown earth's my book and I ride forth to read it | F |
| Good bye | B |
| The stream runneth fast but my will shall outspeed it | F |
| Good bye | B |
| I love thee dear lass but I hate the hag Sorrow | G |
| As sun follows rain and to night has its morrow | G |
| So I'll taste of joy though I steal beg or borrow | G |
| Good bye | B |
Alice Brown
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