The Fairy Minister Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDEFBFBFCFCGHGH IBIBJKJK| The Rev Mr Kirk of Aberfoyle was carried away by the Fairies in | A |
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| People of Peace a peaceful man | B |
| Well worthy of your love was he | C |
| Who while the roaring Garry ran | B |
| Red with the life blood of Dundee | C |
| While coats were turning crowns were falling | D |
| Wandered along his valley still | E |
| And heard your mystic voices calling | D |
| From fairy knowe and haunted hill | E |
| He heard he saw he knew too well | F |
| The secrets of your fairy clan | B |
| You stole him from the haunted dell | F |
| Who never more was seen of man | B |
| Now far from heaven and safe from hell | F |
| Unknown of earth he wanders free | C |
| Would that he might return and tell | F |
| Of his mysterious Company | C |
| For we have tired the Folk of Peace | G |
| No more they tax our corn and oil | H |
| Their dances on the moorland cease | G |
| The Brownie stints his wonted toil | H |
| No more shall any shepherd meet | I |
| The ladies of the fairy clan | B |
| Nor are their deathly kisses sweet | I |
| On lips of any earthly man | B |
| And half I envy him who now | J |
| Clothed in her Court's enchanted green | K |
| By moonlit loch or mountain's brow | J |
| Is Chaplain to the Fairy Queen | K |
Andrew Lang
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