The Last Maying Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFG HHIH JKIK EELE MMLM BBNB OONO EEPE QQPQ RRSR BBSB TTMT UUMU| It is told of the last Lovers which watched May night in | A |
| the forest before men brought the tidings of the Gospel to | B |
| this land that they beheld no Fairies nor Dwarfs nor no | C |
| such Thing but the very Venus herself who bade them 'make | D |
| such cheer as they might for' said she 'I shall live no | C |
| more in these Woods nor shall ye endure to see another May | E |
| time ' EDMUND GORLIOT Of Phantasies and Omens p | F |
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| Whence do ye come with the dew on your hair | H |
| From what far land are the boughs ye bear | H |
| The blossoms and buds upon breasts and tresses | I |
| The light burned white in your faces fair | H |
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| In a falling fane have we built our house | J |
| With the dying Gods we have held carouse | K |
| And our lips are wan from their wild caresses | I |
| Our hands are filled with their holy boughs | K |
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| As we crossed the lawn in the dying day | E |
| No fairy led us to meet the May | E |
| But the very Goddess loved by lovers | L |
| In mourning raiment of green and grey | E |
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| She was not decked as for glee and game | M |
| She was not veiled with the veil of flame | M |
| The saffron veil of the Bride that covers | L |
| The face that is flushed with her joy and shame | M |
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| On the laden branches the scent and dew | B |
| Mingled and met and as snow to strew | B |
| The woodland rides and the fragrant grasses | N |
| White flowers fell as the night wind blew | B |
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| Tears and kisses on lips and eyes | O |
| Mingled and met amid laughter and sighs | O |
| For grief that abides and joy that passes | N |
| For pain that tarries and mirth that flies | O |
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| It chanced as the dawning grew to grey | E |
| Pale and sad on our homeward way | E |
| With weary lips and palled with pleasure | P |
| The Goddess met us farewell to say | E |
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| Ye have made your choice and the better part | Q |
| Ye chose she said and the wiser art | Q |
| In the wild May night drank all the measure | P |
| The perfect pleasure of heart and heart | Q |
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| Ye shall walk no more with the May she said | R |
| Shall your love endure though the Gods be dead | R |
| Shall the flitting flocks mine own my chosen | S |
| Sing as of old and be happy and wed | R |
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| Yea they are glad as of old but you | B |
| Fair and fleet as the dawn or the dew | B |
| Abide no more for the springs are frozen | S |
| And fled the Gods that ye loved and knew | B |
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| Ye shall never know Summer again like this | T |
| Ye shall play no more with the Fauns I wis | T |
| No more in the nymphs' and dryads' playtime | M |
| Shall echo and answer kiss and kiss | T |
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| Though the flowers in your golden hair be bright | U |
| Your golden hair shall be waste and white | U |
| On faded brows ere another May time | M |
| Bring the spring but no more delight | U |
Andrew Lang
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