Ballade Dedicatory'to Mrs. Elton Of White Staunton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCBC D BCBC| The painted Briton built his mound | A |
| And left his celts and clay | B |
| On yon fair slope of sunlit ground | A |
| That fronts your garden gay | B |
| The Roman came he bore the sway | B |
| He bullied bought and sold | C |
| Your fountain sweeps his works away | B |
| Beside your manor old | C |
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| But still his crumbling urns are found | A |
| Within the window bay | B |
| Where once he listened to the sound | A |
| That lulls you day by day | B |
| The sound of summer winds at play | B |
| The noise of waters cold | C |
| To Yarty wandering on their way | B |
| Beside your manor old | C |
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| The Roman fell his firm set bound | A |
| Became the Saxon's stay | B |
| The bells made music all around | A |
| For monks in cloisters grey | B |
| Till fled the monks in disarray | B |
| From their warm chantry's fold | C |
| Old Abbots slumber as they may | B |
| Beside your manor old | C |
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| ENVOY | D |
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| Creeds empires peoples all decay | B |
| Down into darkness rolled | C |
| May life that's fleet be sweet I pray | B |
| Beside your manor old | C |
Andrew Lang
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