The Brigand's Grave'modern Greek Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG DBHB IBJB BKLK IMN| The moon came up above the hill | A |
| The sun went down the sea | B |
| 'Go maids and draw the well water | C |
| But lad come here to me | B |
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| Gird on my jack and my old sword | D |
| For I have never a son | E |
| And you must be the chief of all | F |
| When I am dead and gone | G |
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| But you must take my old broadsword | D |
| And cut the green boughs of the tree | B |
| And strew the green boughs on the ground | H |
| To make a soft death bed for me | B |
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| And you must bring the holy priest | I |
| That I may sained be | B |
| For I have lived a roving life | J |
| Fifty years under the greenwood tree | B |
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| And you shall make a grave for me | B |
| And dig it deep and wide | K |
| That I may turn about and dream | L |
| With my old gun by my side | K |
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| And leave a window to the east | I |
| And the swallows will bring the spring | M |
| And all the merry month of May | N |
| The nightingales will sing ' | - |
Andrew Lang
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