Jephthah Judge Of Israel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDEFGG HGDGIIJ KKLGMMNNOOPP QNRNGNND D SSDDPP DTDD DD DD| Have you not heard these many years ago | A |
| Jeptha was judge of Israel | B |
| He had one only daughter and no mo | A |
| The which he loved passing well | C |
| And as by lott | D |
| God wot | D |
| It so came to pass | E |
| As Gods will was | F |
| That great wars there should be | G |
| And none should be chosen chief but he | G |
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| And when he was appointed judge | H |
| And chieftain of the company | G |
| A solemn vow to God he made | D |
| If he returned with victory | G |
| At his return | I |
| To burn | I |
| The first live thing | J |
| - | |
| That should meet with him then | K |
| Off his house when he should return agen | K |
| It came to pass the wars was o'er | L |
| And he returned with victory | G |
| His dear and only daughter first of all | M |
| Came to meet her father foremostly | M |
| And all the way | N |
| She did play | N |
| On tabret and pipe | O |
| Full many a stripe | O |
| With note so high | P |
| For joy that her father is come so nigh | P |
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| But when he saw his daughter dear | Q |
| Coming on most foremostly | N |
| He wrung his hands and tore his hair | R |
| And cryed out most piteously | N |
| 'Oh it's thou ' said he | G |
| 'That have brought me Low | N |
| And troubled me so | N |
| That I know not what to do | D |
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| 'For I have made a vow ' he sed | D |
| 'The which must be replenished ' | - |
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| 'What thou hast spoke | S |
| Do not revoke | S |
| What thou hast said | D |
| Be not afraid | D |
| Altho' it be I | P |
| Keep promises to God on high | P |
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| 'But dear father grant me one request | D |
| That I may go to the wilderness | T |
| Three months there with my friends to stay | D |
| There to bewail my virginity | D |
| And let there be ' | - |
| Said he | D |
| 'Some two or three | D |
| Young maids with me ' | - |
| So he sent her away | D |
| For to mourn for to mourn till her dying day | D |
Anonymous Olde English
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