Lady Anne Bothwell's Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDBB EEFFGGH IJKKGGH LMGGNNH OOJIPPH QRPPSSH TTUUPPH GGPPVVH PPGGWWH GGXXYYH ZA2KKPPH B2B2PPC2C2H GGD2D2E2E2BB| Child vol iv Early Edition | A |
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| Balow my boy ly still and sleep | B |
| It grieves me sore to hear thee weep | B |
| If thou'lt be silent I'll be glad | C |
| Thy mourning makes my heart full sad | C |
| Balow my boy thy mother's joy | D |
| Thy father bred one great annoy | D |
| Balow my boy ly still and sleep | B |
| It grieves me sore to hear thee weep | B |
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| Balow my darling sleep a while | E |
| And when thou wak'st then sweetly smile | E |
| But smile not as thy father did | F |
| To cozen maids nay God forbid | F |
| For in thine eye his look I see | G |
| The tempting look that ruin'd me | G |
| Balow my boy etc | H |
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| When he began to court my love | I |
| And with his sugar'd words to move | J |
| His tempting face and flatt'ring chear | K |
| In time to me did not appear | K |
| But now I see that cruel he | G |
| Cares neither for his babe nor me | G |
| Balow my boy etc | H |
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| Fareweel fareaeel thou falsest youth | L |
| That ever kist a woman's mouth | M |
| Let never any after me | G |
| Submit unto thy courtesy | G |
| For if hey do O cruel thou | N |
| Wilt her abuse and care not how | N |
| Balow my boy etc | H |
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| I was too cred'lous at the first | O |
| To yield thee all a maiden durst | O |
| Thou swore for ever true to prove | J |
| Thy faith unchang'd unchang'd thy love | I |
| But quick as thought the change is wrought | P |
| Thy love's no mair thy promise nought | P |
| Balow my boy etc | H |
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| I wish I were a maid again | Q |
| From young men's flatt'ry I'd refrain | R |
| For now unto my grief I find | P |
| They all are perjur'd and unkind | P |
| Bewitching charms bred all my harms | S |
| Witness my babe lies in my arms | S |
| Balow my boy etc | H |
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| I take my fate from bad to worse | T |
| That I must needs be now a nurse | T |
| And lull my young son on my lap | U |
| From me sweet orphan take the pap | U |
| Balow my child thy mother mild | P |
| Shall wail as from all bliss exil'd | P |
| Balow my boy etc | H |
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| Balow my boy weep not for me | G |
| Whose greatest grief's for wronging thee | G |
| Nor pity her deserved smart | P |
| Who can blame none but her fond heart | P |
| For too soon tursting latest finds | V |
| With fairest tongues are falsest minds | V |
| Balow my boy etc | H |
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| Balow my boy thy father's fled | P |
| When he the thriftless son has played | P |
| Of vows and oaths forgetful he | G |
| Preferr'd the wars to thee and me | G |
| But now perhaps thy curse and mine | W |
| Make him eat acorns with the swine | W |
| Balow my boy etc | H |
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| But curse not him perhaps now he | G |
| Stung with remorse is blessing thee | G |
| Perhaps at death for who can tell | X |
| Whether the judge of heaven or hell | X |
| By some proud foe has struck the blow | Y |
| And laid the dear deceiver low | Y |
| Balow my boy etc | H |
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| I wish I were into the bounds | Z |
| Where he lies smother'd in his wounds | A2 |
| Repeating as he pants for air | K |
| My name whom once he call'd his fair | K |
| No woman's yet so fiercely set | P |
| But she'll forgive though not forget | P |
| Balow my boy etc | H |
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| If linen lacks for my love's sake | B2 |
| Then quickly to him would I make | B2 |
| My smock once for his body meet | P |
| And wrap him in that winding sheet | P |
| Ah me how happy had I been | C2 |
| If he had ne'er been wrapt therein | C2 |
| Balow my boy etc | H |
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| Balow my boy I'll weep for thee | G |
| Too soon alake thou'lt weep for me | G |
| Thy griefs are growing to a sum | D2 |
| God grant thee patience when they come | D2 |
| Born to sustain thy mother's shame | E2 |
| A hapless fate a bastard's name | E2 |
| Balow my boy ly still and sleep | B |
| It grieves me sore to hear thee weep | B |
Andrew Lang
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