Poet Andrew Lang

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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 pA
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This ae nighte this ae nighteB
Every nighte and alleC
Fire and sleet and candle lighteB
And Christe receive thye sauleC
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When thou from hence away art pasteB
Every nighte and alleC
To Whinny muir thou comest at lasteB
And Christe receive thye sauleC
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If ever thou gavest hosen and shoonD
Every nighte and alleC
Sit thee down and put them onD
And Christe receive thye sauleC
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If hosen and shoon thou ne'er gavest naneD
Every nighte and alleC
The whinnes sall pricke thee to the bare baneD
And Christe receive thye sauleC
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From Whinny muir when thou mayst passeE
Every nighte and alleC
To Brigg o' Dread thou comest at lasteB
And Christe receive thye sauleC
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From Brigg o' Dread when thou mayst passeE
Every nighte and alleC
To Purgatory fire thou comest at lastB
And Christe receive thye sauleC
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If ever thou gavest meat or drinkF
Every nighte and alleC
The fire sall never make thee shrinkeF
And Christe receive thye sauleC
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If meate or drinke thou never gavest naneD
Every nighte and alleC
The fire will burn thee to the bare baneD
And Christe receive thye sauleC
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This ae nighte this ae nighteB
Every nighte and alleC
Fire and sleet and candle lighteB
And Christe receive thye sauleC

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