A Lyke-wake Dirge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC BCBC DCDC DCDC ECBC ECBC FCFC DCDC BCBC| Border Minstrelsy vol ii p | A |
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| This ae nighte this ae nighte | B |
| Every nighte and alle | C |
| Fire and sleet and candle lighte | B |
| And Christe receive thye saule | C |
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| When thou from hence away art paste | B |
| Every nighte and alle | C |
| To Whinny muir thou comest at laste | B |
| And Christe receive thye saule | C |
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| If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon | D |
| Every nighte and alle | C |
| Sit thee down and put them on | D |
| And Christe receive thye saule | C |
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| If hosen and shoon thou ne'er gavest nane | D |
| Every nighte and alle | C |
| The whinnes sall pricke thee to the bare bane | D |
| And Christe receive thye saule | C |
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| From Whinny muir when thou mayst passe | E |
| Every nighte and alle | C |
| To Brigg o' Dread thou comest at laste | B |
| And Christe receive thye saule | C |
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| From Brigg o' Dread when thou mayst passe | E |
| Every nighte and alle | C |
| To Purgatory fire thou comest at last | B |
| And Christe receive thye saule | C |
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| If ever thou gavest meat or drink | F |
| Every nighte and alle | C |
| The fire sall never make thee shrinke | F |
| And Christe receive thye saule | C |
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| If meate or drinke thou never gavest nane | D |
| Every nighte and alle | C |
| The fire will burn thee to the bare bane | D |
| And Christe receive thye saule | C |
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| This ae nighte this ae nighte | B |
| Every nighte and alle | C |
| Fire and sleet and candle lighte | B |
| And Christe receive thye saule | C |
Andrew Lang
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