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 LAAA

Let the mayors daughter of Lin God wottA
He chose her to his wifeB
And thought with her to have lived in loveC
But they fell to hate and strifeB
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They scarce were in their wee bed laidA
And scarce was hee asleepeD
But upp shee rose and forth shee goesE
To the steward and gan to weepeD
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'Sleepe you wake you faire Sir GylesF
Or be you not withinG
Sleepe you wake you faire Sir GylesF
Arise and let me inn '-
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'O I am waking sweete ' he saidA
'Sweete ladye what is your will '-
'I have unbethought me of a wileH
How my wed lord weel spillI
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'Twenty four good knights ' shee sayesF
'That dwell about this towneJ
Even twenty four of my next cozensF
Will helpe to dinge him downeJ
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All that beheard his litle foote pageK
As he watered his masters steedA
And for his masters sad perilleI
His verry heart did bleedA
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He mourned sighed and wept full soreL
I sweare by the holy roodeA
The teares he for his master weptA
Were blent water and bloudeA
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And that beheard his deare masterM
As he stood at his garden paleI
Sayes 'Ever alacke my litle footpageK
What causes thee to wailI
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'Hath any one done to thee wrongeK
Any of thy fellowes hereN
Or is any of thy good friends deadA
That thou shedst manye a teareN
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'Or if it be my head bookes manO
Aggrieved he shal beeP
For no man here within my howseF
Shall doe wrong unto thee '-
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'O it is not your head bookes manO
Nor none of his degreeP
But on to morrow ere it be nooneQ
All deemed to die are yeeP
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'And of that bethank your head stewardA
And thank your gay ladye '-
'If this be true my litle foot pageK
The heyre of my land thoust bee '-
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'If it be not true my dear masterM
No good death let me die '-
'If it be not true thou litle foot pageK
A dead corse shalt thou lieI
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'O call now downe my faire ladyeP
O call her downe to meeP
And tell my ladye gay how sickeR
And like to die I bee '-
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Downe then came his ladye faireS
All clad in purple and pallI
The rings that were on her fingersF
Cast light throughout the hallI
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'What is your will my owne wed lordA
What is your will with mee '-
'O see my ladye deere how sickeR
And like to die I bee '-
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'And thou be sicke my owne wed lordA
Soe sore it grieveth meP
But my five maydens and myselfeB
Will 'watch thy' bedde for theeP
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'And at the waking of your first sleepeD
We will a hott drinke makeR
And at the waking of your 'next' sleepeD
Your sorrowes we will slake '-
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He put a silk cote on his backeR
And mail of many a foldA
And hee putt a steele cap on his headA
Was gilt with good red goldA
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He layd a bright browne sword by his sideA
And another att his feeteA
'And twentye good knights he placed at handA
To watch him in his sleepe '-
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And about the middle time of the nightA
Came twentye four traitours innG
Sir Giles he was the foremost manO
The leader of that ginnG
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Old Robin with his bright browne swordA
Sir Gyles head soon did winnG
And scant of all those twenty fourL
Went out one quick agennG
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None save only a litle foot pageK
Crept forth at a window of stoneG
And he had two armes when he came inG
And he went back with oneG
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Upp then came that ladye gayeP
With torches burning brightA
She thought to have brought Sir Gyles a drinkeR
Butt she found her owne wedd knightA
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The first thinge that she stumbled onG
It was Sir Gyles his footeA
Sayes 'Ever alacke and woe is meeP
Here lyes my sweete hart roote '-
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The next thinge that she stumbled onG
It was Sir Gyles his headeA
Sayes 'Ever alacke and woe is meeP
Heere lyes my true love deade '-
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He cutt the papers beside her brestA
And didd her body spilleI
He cutt the eares beside her headeA
And bade her love her filleI
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He called then up his litle foot pageK
And made him there his heyreL
And sayd 'Henceforth my worldlye goodesF
And countrye I forsweare '-
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He shope the crosse on his right shoulderL
Of the white 'clothe' and the reddeA
And went him into the Holy LandA
Wheras Christ was quicke and deadA

Anonymous Olde English



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