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 BABAGlasgerion was a kings owne sonne | A |
And a harper he was goode | B |
He harped in the kings chambere | C |
Where cuppe and caudle stoode | B |
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And soe did hee in the queens chambere | C |
Till ladies waxed 'glad ' | - |
And then bespake the kinges daughter | C |
And these wordes thus shee sayd | B |
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'Strike on strike on Glasgerion | A |
Of thy striking doe not blinne | A |
Theres never a stroke comes oer thy harpe | D |
But it glads my hart withinne ' | - |
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'Faire might he fall ' quoth hee | E |
'Who taught you nowe to speake | F |
I have loved you ladye seven longe yeere | C |
My minde I neere durst breake ' | - |
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'But come to my bower my Glasgerion | A |
When all men are att rest | B |
As I am a ladie true of my promise | G |
Thou shalt bee a welcome guest ' | - |
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Home then came Glasgerion | A |
A glad man lord was hee | E |
'And come thou hither Jacke my boy | H |
Come hither unto mee | E |
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'For the kinges daughter of Normandye | I |
Hath granted mee my boone | A |
And att her chambere must I bee | E |
Beffore the cocke have crowen | A |
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'O master master ' then quoth hee | E |
'Lay your head downe on this stone | A |
For I will waken you master deere | C |
Afore it be time to gone ' | - |
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But up then rose that lither ladd | B |
And hose and shoone did on | A |
A coller he cast upon his necke | F |
Hee seemed a gentleman | A |
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And when he came to the ladyes chamber | C |
He thrild upon a pinn | A |
The lady was true of her promise | G |
And rose and lett him inn | A |
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He did not take the lady gaye | I |
To boulster nor to bed | B |
'Nor thoughe hee had his wicked wille | J |
A single word he sed ' | - |
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He did not kisse that ladyes mouthe | K |
Nor when he came nor yode | B |
And sore that ladye did mistrust | B |
He was of some churls bloud | B |
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But home then came that lither ladd | B |
And did off his hose and shoone | A |
And cast the coller from off his necke | F |
He was but a churcles sonne | A |
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'Awake awake my deere master | C |
The cock hath well nigh crowen | A |
Awake awake my master deere | C |
I hold it time to be gone | A |
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'For I have saddled your horse master | C |
Well bridled I have your steede | B |
And I have served you a good breakfast | B |
For thereof ye have need ' | - |
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Up then rose good Glasgerion | A |
And did on hose and shoone | A |
And cast a coller about his necke | F |
For he was a kinge his sonne | A |
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And when he came to the ladyes chambere | C |
He thrilled upon the pinne | A |
The lady was more than true of promise | G |
And rose and let him inn | A |
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'O whether have you left with me | E |
Your bracelet of your glove | L |
Or are you returned backe againe | A |
To know more of my love ' | - |
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Glasgerion swore a full great othe | K |
By oake and ashe and thorne | A |
'Ladye I was never in your chambere | C |
Sith the time that I was borne ' | - |
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'O then it was your lither footpage | M |
He hath beguiled mee ' | - |
Then shee pulled forth a little penkniffe | L |
That hanged by her knee | A |
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Sayes 'There shall never noe churles blood | B |
Within my bodye spring | F |
No churles blood shall eer defile | J |
The daughter of the kinge ' | - |
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Home then went Glasgerion | A |
And woe good lord was hee | A |
Sayes 'Come thou hither Jacke my boy | H |
Come hither unto mee | A |
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'If I had killed a man to night | B |
Jacke I would tell it thee | A |
But if I have not killed a man to night | B |
Jacke thou hast killed three ' | - |
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And he puld out his bright browne sword | B |
And dryed it on his sleeve | L |
And he smote off that lither ladds head | B |
Who did his ladye grieve | L |
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He sett the swords poynt till his brest | B |
The pummil until a stone | A |
Throw the falsenesse of that lither ladd | B |
These three lives were all gone | A |
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