Gordon Of Brackley Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFG HIAAJKLK MNONMLHL PQLRQSTS AJHJMUJV WXMXXXSA DYBYDZBZ XXAXYXXX SXDXXHX A2JHXXHB2H| Down Deeside cam Inveraye | A |
| Whistlin' and playing | B |
| An' called loud at Brackley gate | C |
| Ere the day dawning | B |
| Come Gordon of Brackley | D |
| Proud Gordon come down | E |
| There's a sword at your threshold | F |
| Mair sharp than your own | G |
| - | |
| Arise now gay Gordon | H |
| His lady 'gan cry | I |
| Look here is bold Inveraye | A |
| Driving your kye | A |
| How can I go lady | J |
| An' win them again | K |
| When I have but ae sword | L |
| And Inveraye ten | K |
| - | |
| Arise up my maidens | M |
| Wi' roke and wi' fan | N |
| How blest had I been | O |
| Had I married a man | N |
| Arise up my maidens | M |
| Tak' spear and tak' sword | L |
| Go milk the ewes Gordon | H |
| An' I will be lord | L |
| - | |
| The Gordon sprung up | P |
| Wi' his helm on his head | Q |
| Laid his hand on his sword | L |
| An' his thigh on his steed | R |
| An' he stooped low and said | Q |
| As he kissed his young dame | S |
| There's a Gordon rides out | T |
| That will never ride hame | S |
| - | |
| There rode with fierce Inveraye | A |
| Thirty and three | J |
| But wi' Brackley were nane | H |
| But his brother and he | J |
| Twa gallanter Gordons | M |
| Did never blade draw | U |
| But against three and thirty | J |
| Wae's me what are twa | V |
| - | |
| Wi' sword and wi' dagger | W |
| They rushed on him rude | X |
| The twa gallant Gordons | M |
| Lie bathed in their blude | X |
| Frae the springs o' the Dee | X |
| To the mouth o' the Tay | X |
| The Gordons mourn for him | S |
| And curse Inveraye | A |
| - | |
| O were ye at Brackley | D |
| An' what saw ye there | Y |
| Was his young widow weeping | B |
| An' tearing her hair | Y |
| I looked in at Brackley | D |
| I looked in and oh | Z |
| There was mirth there was feasting | B |
| But naething o' woe | Z |
| - | |
| As a rose bloomed the lady | X |
| An' blithe as a bride | X |
| As a bridegroom bold Inveraye | A |
| Smiled by her side | X |
| Oh she feasted him there | Y |
| As she ne'er feasted lord | X |
| While the blood of her husband | X |
| Was moist on his sword | X |
| - | |
| In her chamber she kept him | S |
| Till morning grew gray | X |
| Thro' the dark woods of Brackley | D |
| She shewed him the way | X |
| 'Yon wild hill ' she said | X |
| 'Where the sun's shining on | H |
| Is the hill of Glentanner | X |
| One kiss and begone ' | - |
| - | |
| There's grief in the cottage | A2 |
| There's grief in the ha' | J |
| For the gude gallant Gordon | H |
| That's dead an' awa' | X |
| To the bush comes the bud | X |
| An' the flower to the plain | H |
| But the gude and the brave | B2 |
| They come never again | H |
Andrew Lang
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Gordon Of Brackley
Gordon Of Brackley is a poem by Andrew Lang. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Gordon Of Brackley poem by Andrew Lang
Best Poems of Andrew Lang