The Battle Of Otterburn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBAB DECF GHG IBGB GJC KJLG MNOP QJG RJRJ GJGJ RJSJ TUC RRRR VCVC WRX YGRJ ZUA2 XRB2R C2RD2R XE2F2E2 WGRJ TRZR G2JH2J H2FR XJH2J OGRG I2RHR C2RD2R T J RJH2 H2FC JTTT RTH2TIt feel about the Lammas tide | A |
When the muir men win their hay | B |
The doughty Douglas bound him to ride | A |
Into England to drive a prey | B |
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He chose the Gordons and the Graemes | C |
With them the Lindesays light and gay | B |
But the Jardines wald not with him ride | A |
And they rue it to this day | B |
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And he has burned the dales of Tyne | D |
And part of Bambrough shire | E |
And three good towers on Reidswire fells | C |
He left them all on fire | F |
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And he marched up to Newcastle | G |
And rode it round about | H |
'O wha's the lord of this castle | G |
Or wha's the lady o't ' | - |
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But up spake proud Lord Percy then | I |
And O but he spake hie | B |
I am the lord of this castle | G |
My wife's the lady gay | B |
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'If thou'rt the lord of this castle | G |
Sae weel it pleases me | J |
For ere I cross the Border fells | C |
The tane of us shall die ' | - |
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He took a lang spear in his hand | K |
Shod with the metal free | J |
And for to meet the Douglas there | L |
He rode right furiouslie | G |
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But O how pale his lady looked | M |
Frae aff the castle wa | N |
When down before the Scottish spear | O |
She saw proud Percy fa | P |
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'Had we twa been upon the green | Q |
And never an eye to see | J |
I wad hae had you flesh and fell | G |
But your sword sall gae wi me ' | - |
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'The Otterbourne's a bonnie burn | R |
'Tis pleasant there to be | J |
But there is nought at Otterbourne | R |
To feed my men and me | J |
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'The deer rins wild on hill and dale | G |
The birds fly wild frae tree to tree | J |
But there is neither bread nor kale | G |
To fend my men and me | J |
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'Yet I will stay at Otterbourne | R |
Where you shall welcome be | J |
And if ye come not at three dayis end | S |
A fause lord I'll ca thee | J |
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'Thither will I come ' proud Percy said | T |
'By the might of Our Ladye' | U |
'There will I bide thee' said the Douglas | C |
'My troth I plight to thee ' | - |
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They lighted high on Otterbourne | R |
Upon the bent sae brown | R |
They lighted high on Otterbourne | R |
And threw their pallions down | R |
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And he that had a bonnie boy | V |
Sent out his horse to grass | C |
And he that had not a bonnie boy | V |
His ain servant he was | C |
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But up then spake a little page | W |
Before the peep of dawn | R |
'O waken ye waken ye my good lord | X |
For Percy's hard at hand ' | - |
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'Ye lie ye lie ye liar loud | Y |
Sae loud I hear ye lie | G |
For Percy had not men yestreen | R |
To dight my men and me | J |
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'But I have dreamed a dreary dream | Z |
Beyond the Isle of Skye | U |
I saw a dead man win a fight | A2 |
And I think that man was I ' | - |
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He belted on his guid braid sword | X |
And to the field he ran | R |
But he forgot the helmet good | B2 |
That should have kept his brain | R |
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When Percy with the Douglas met | C2 |
I wat he was fu fain | R |
They swakked their swords till sair they swat | D2 |
And the blood ran down like rain | R |
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But Percy with his good broad sword | X |
That could so sharply wound | E2 |
has wounded Douglas on the brow | F2 |
Till he fel to the ground | E2 |
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Then he call'd on his little foot page | W |
And said Run speedilie | G |
And fetch my ain dear sister's son | R |
Sir Hugh Montgomery | J |
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'My nephew's good ' the Douglas said | T |
'What recks the death of ane | R |
Last night I dreamed a dreary dream | Z |
And I ken the day's thy ain | R |
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'My wound is deep I fain would sleep | G2 |
Take thou the vanguard of the three | J |
And hide me by the braken bush | H2 |
That grows on yonder lilye lee | J |
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'O bury me by the braken bush | H2 |
Beneath the blooming brier | F |
Let never a living mortal ken | R |
That ere a kindly Scot lies here ' | - |
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He lifted up that noble lord | X |
Wi the saut tear in his ee | J |
He hid him in the braken bush | H2 |
That his merrie men might not see | J |
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The moon was clear the day drew near | O |
The spears in flinders flew | G |
But mony a gallant Englishman | R |
Ere day the Scotsmen slew | G |
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The Gordons good in English blood | I2 |
They steepd their hose and shoon | R |
The Lindsays flew like fire about | H |
Till all the fray was done | R |
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The Percy and Montgomery met | C2 |
That either of other were fain | R |
They swapped swords and they twa swat | D2 |
And aye the blood ran down between | R |
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'Now yield thee yield thee Percy ' he said | T |
'Or else I vow I'll lay thee low ' | - |
'To whom must I yield ' quoth Earl Percy | J |
'Now that I see it must be so ' | - |
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'Thou shalt not yield to lord nor loun | R |
Nor shalt thou yield to me | J |
But yeild to the braken bush | H2 |
That grows upon yon lilye lee ' | - |
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'I will not yield to a braken bush | H2 |
Nor yet will I yield to a brier | F |
But I would yield to Earl Douglas | C |
Or Sir Hugh Montgomery if he were here ' | - |
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As soon as he knew it was Montgomery | J |
He struck his sword's point in the gronde | T |
The Montgomery was a courteous knight | T |
And quickly took him by the honde | T |
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This deed was done at the Otterbourne | R |
About the breaking of the day | T |
Earl Douglas was buried at the braken bush | H2 |
And the Percy led captive away | T |
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