Old Robin Of Portingale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADED FGF A HI FJFJ KAIA LAAA MIKI KNAN OPF OPQP A K M KI PPR SIFI A R APBP DRD RAAA AAA AGOG AGLG KGGG PARA GAP GAP AIAI KLF LAAALet the mayors daughter of Lin God wott | A |
He chose her to his wife | B |
And thought with her to have lived in love | C |
But they fell to hate and strife | B |
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They scarce were in their wee bed laid | A |
And scarce was hee asleepe | D |
But upp shee rose and forth shee goes | E |
To the steward and gan to weepe | D |
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'Sleepe you wake you faire Sir Gyles | F |
Or be you not within | G |
Sleepe you wake you faire Sir Gyles | F |
Arise and let me inn ' | - |
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'O I am waking sweete ' he said | A |
'Sweete ladye what is your will ' | - |
'I have unbethought me of a wile | H |
How my wed lord weel spill | I |
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'Twenty four good knights ' shee sayes | F |
'That dwell about this towne | J |
Even twenty four of my next cozens | F |
Will helpe to dinge him downe | J |
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All that beheard his litle foote page | K |
As he watered his masters steed | A |
And for his masters sad perille | I |
His verry heart did bleed | A |
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He mourned sighed and wept full sore | L |
I sweare by the holy roode | A |
The teares he for his master wept | A |
Were blent water and bloude | A |
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And that beheard his deare master | M |
As he stood at his garden pale | I |
Sayes 'Ever alacke my litle footpage | K |
What causes thee to wail | I |
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'Hath any one done to thee wronge | K |
Any of thy fellowes here | N |
Or is any of thy good friends dead | A |
That thou shedst manye a teare | N |
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'Or if it be my head bookes man | O |
Aggrieved he shal bee | P |
For no man here within my howse | F |
Shall doe wrong unto thee ' | - |
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'O it is not your head bookes man | O |
Nor none of his degree | P |
But on to morrow ere it be noone | Q |
All deemed to die are yee | P |
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'And of that bethank your head steward | A |
And thank your gay ladye ' | - |
'If this be true my litle foot page | K |
The heyre of my land thoust bee ' | - |
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'If it be not true my dear master | M |
No good death let me die ' | - |
'If it be not true thou litle foot page | K |
A dead corse shalt thou lie | I |
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'O call now downe my faire ladye | P |
O call her downe to mee | P |
And tell my ladye gay how sicke | R |
And like to die I bee ' | - |
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Downe then came his ladye faire | S |
All clad in purple and pall | I |
The rings that were on her fingers | F |
Cast light throughout the hall | I |
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'What is your will my owne wed lord | A |
What is your will with mee ' | - |
'O see my ladye deere how sicke | R |
And like to die I bee ' | - |
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'And thou be sicke my owne wed lord | A |
Soe sore it grieveth me | P |
But my five maydens and myselfe | B |
Will 'watch thy' bedde for thee | P |
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'And at the waking of your first sleepe | D |
We will a hott drinke make | R |
And at the waking of your 'next' sleepe | D |
Your sorrowes we will slake ' | - |
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He put a silk cote on his backe | R |
And mail of many a fold | A |
And hee putt a steele cap on his head | A |
Was gilt with good red gold | A |
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He layd a bright browne sword by his side | A |
And another att his feete | A |
'And twentye good knights he placed at hand | A |
To watch him in his sleepe ' | - |
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And about the middle time of the night | A |
Came twentye four traitours inn | G |
Sir Giles he was the foremost man | O |
The leader of that ginn | G |
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Old Robin with his bright browne sword | A |
Sir Gyles head soon did winn | G |
And scant of all those twenty four | L |
Went out one quick agenn | G |
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None save only a litle foot page | K |
Crept forth at a window of stone | G |
And he had two armes when he came in | G |
And he went back with one | G |
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Upp then came that ladye gaye | P |
With torches burning bright | A |
She thought to have brought Sir Gyles a drinke | R |
Butt she found her owne wedd knight | A |
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The first thinge that she stumbled on | G |
It was Sir Gyles his foote | A |
Sayes 'Ever alacke and woe is mee | P |
Here lyes my sweete hart roote ' | - |
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The next thinge that she stumbled on | G |
It was Sir Gyles his heade | A |
Sayes 'Ever alacke and woe is mee | P |
Heere lyes my true love deade ' | - |
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He cutt the papers beside her brest | A |
And didd her body spille | I |
He cutt the eares beside her heade | A |
And bade her love her fille | I |
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He called then up his litle foot page | K |
And made him there his heyre | L |
And sayd 'Henceforth my worldlye goodes | F |
And countrye I forsweare ' | - |
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He shope the crosse on his right shoulder | L |
Of the white 'clothe' and the redde | A |
And went him into the Holy Land | A |
Wheras Christ was quicke and dead | A |
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