Glasgerion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB C CB AAD EFC ABG AEHE IAEA EAC BAFA CAGA IBJ KBBB BAFA CACA CBB AAFA CAGA ELA KAC M LA BFJ AAHA BAB BLBL BABA

Glasgerion was a kings owne sonneA
And a harper he was goodeB
He harped in the kings chambereC
Where cuppe and caudle stoodeB
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And soe did hee in the queens chambereC
Till ladies waxed 'glad '-
And then bespake the kinges daughterC
And these wordes thus shee saydB
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'Strike on strike on GlasgerionA
Of thy striking doe not blinneA
Theres never a stroke comes oer thy harpeD
But it glads my hart withinne '-
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'Faire might he fall ' quoth heeE
'Who taught you nowe to speakeF
I have loved you ladye seven longe yeereC
My minde I neere durst breake '-
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'But come to my bower my GlasgerionA
When all men are att restB
As I am a ladie true of my promiseG
Thou shalt bee a welcome guest '-
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Home then came GlasgerionA
A glad man lord was heeE
'And come thou hither Jacke my boyH
Come hither unto meeE
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'For the kinges daughter of NormandyeI
Hath granted mee my booneA
And att her chambere must I beeE
Beffore the cocke have crowenA
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'O master master ' then quoth heeE
'Lay your head downe on this stoneA
For I will waken you master deereC
Afore it be time to gone '-
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But up then rose that lither laddB
And hose and shoone did onA
A coller he cast upon his neckeF
Hee seemed a gentlemanA
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And when he came to the ladyes chamberC
He thrild upon a pinnA
The lady was true of her promiseG
And rose and lett him innA
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He did not take the lady gayeI
To boulster nor to bedB
'Nor thoughe hee had his wicked willeJ
A single word he sed '-
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He did not kisse that ladyes moutheK
Nor when he came nor yodeB
And sore that ladye did mistrustB
He was of some churls bloudB
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But home then came that lither laddB
And did off his hose and shooneA
And cast the coller from off his neckeF
He was but a churcles sonneA
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'Awake awake my deere masterC
The cock hath well nigh crowenA
Awake awake my master deereC
I hold it time to be goneA
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'For I have saddled your horse masterC
Well bridled I have your steedeB
And I have served you a good breakfastB
For thereof ye have need '-
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Up then rose good GlasgerionA
And did on hose and shooneA
And cast a coller about his neckeF
For he was a kinge his sonneA
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And when he came to the ladyes chambereC
He thrilled upon the pinneA
The lady was more than true of promiseG
And rose and let him innA
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'O whether have you left with meE
Your bracelet of your gloveL
Or are you returned backe againeA
To know more of my love '-
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Glasgerion swore a full great otheK
By oake and ashe and thorneA
'Ladye I was never in your chambereC
Sith the time that I was borne '-
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'O then it was your lither footpageM
He hath beguiled mee '-
Then shee pulled forth a little penkniffeL
That hanged by her kneeA
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Sayes 'There shall never noe churles bloodB
Within my bodye springF
No churles blood shall eer defileJ
The daughter of the kinge '-
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Home then went GlasgerionA
And woe good lord was heeA
Sayes 'Come thou hither Jacke my boyH
Come hither unto meeA
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'If I had killed a man to nightB
Jacke I would tell it theeA
But if I have not killed a man to nightB
Jacke thou hast killed three '-
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And he puld out his bright browne swordB
And dryed it on his sleeveL
And he smote off that lither ladds headB
Who did his ladye grieveL
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He sett the swords poynt till his brestB
The pummil until a stoneA
Throw the falsenesse of that lither laddB
These three lives were all goneA

Anonymous Olde English



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