A Galloway Garland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDC EFEGGDF HIHIIDI| We know not on these hills of ours | A |
| The fabled asphodel of Greece | B |
| That filleth with immortal flowers | A |
| Fields where the heroes are at peace | B |
| Not ours are myrtle buds like these | C |
| That breathe o'er isles where memories dwell | D |
| Of Sappho in enchanted seas | C |
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| We meet not on our upland moor | E |
| The singing Maid of Helicon | F |
| You may not hear her music pure | E |
| Float on the mountain meres withdrawn | G |
| The Muse of Greece the Muse is gone | G |
| But we have songs that please us well | D |
| And flowers we love to look upon | F |
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| More sweet than Southern myrtles far | H |
| The bruised Marsh myrtle breatheth keen | I |
| Parnassus names the flower the star | H |
| That shines among the well heads green | I |
| The bright Marsh asphodels between | I |
| Marsh myrtle and Marsh asphodel | D |
| May crown the Northern Muse a queen | I |
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