The Knight And Shepherd's Daughter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DC C B DEC CFC GCFC AEHH C C CIJH KDC CFI KFC ADH FDCD CLD CDM HCD NM DHCH FFC ODC CBIB PHDH CDH CQL CCCC

There was a shepherds daughterA
Came tripping on the wayeB
And there by chance a knighte shee mettC
Which caused her to stayeB
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'Good morrowe to you beauteous maide '-
These words pronounced heeD
'O I shall dye this daye ' he saydC
'If Ive not my wille of thee '-
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'The Lord forbid ' the maide replydeC
'That you shold waxe so wode '-
But for all that shee could do or sayeB
'He wold not be withstood '-
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'Sith you have had your wille of meeD
And put me to open shameE
Now if you are a courteous knighteC
Tell me what is your name '-
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'Some do call mee Jacke sweet heartC
And some do call me JilleF
But when I come to the kings fair courteC
They calle me Wilfulle Wille '-
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He sett his foot into the stirrupG
And awaye then he did rideC
She tuckt her girdle about her middleF
And ranne close by his sideC
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But when she came to the brode waterA
She sett her brest and swammeE
And when she was got out againeH
She tooke to her heels and ranneH
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He never was the courteous knighteC
To saye 'Faire maide will ye ride '-
'And she was ever too loving a maideC
To saye 'Sir Knighte abide ''-
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When she came to the kings faire courteC
She knocked at the ringI
So readye was the king himselfJ
To let this faire maid inH
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'Now Christ you save my gracious liegeK
Now Christ you save and seeD
You have a knighte within your courteC
This daye hath robbed mee '-
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'What hath he robbed thee of sweet heartC
Of purple or of pallF
Or hath he took thy gaye gold ringI
From off thy finger small '-
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'He hath not robbed mee my liegeK
Of purple nor of pallF
But he hath gotten my maiden headC
Which grieves mee worst of all '-
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'Now if he be a batchelorA
His bodye Ile give to theeD
But if he be a married manH
High hanged he shall bee '-
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He called downe his merrye men allF
By one by two by threeD
Sir William used to bee the firstC
But nowe the last came heeD
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He brought her downe fulle fortye poundeC
Tyed up withinne a gloveL
'Faire maid Ile give the same to theeD
Go seeke thee another love '-
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'O Ile have none of your gold ' she saydeC
'Nor Ile have none of your feeD
But your faire bodye I must haveM
The king hath granted mee '-
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Sir William ranne and fetchd her thenH
Five hundred pound in goldeC
Saying 'Faire maide take this to theeD
Thy fault will never be tolde '-
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'Tis not the gold that shall mee tempt '-
These words then answered sheeN
'But your own bodye I must haveM
The king hath granted mee '-
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'Would I had dranke the water cleareD
When I did drink the wineH
Rather than any shepherds bratC
Shold bee a ladye of mineH
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'Would I had drank the puddle fouleF
When I did drink the aleF
Rather that ever a shepherds bratC
Shold tell me such a tale '-
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'A shepherds brat even as I wasO
You mote have let mee beeD
I never had come to the kings faire courteC
To crave any love of thee '-
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He sett her on a milk white steedeC
And himself upon a grayeB
He hung a bugle about his neckeI
And soe they rode awayeB
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But when they came unto the placeP
Where marriage rites were doneH
She proved herself a dukes daughterD
And he but a squires sonneH
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'Now marrye me or not Sir KnightC
Your pleasure shall be freeD
If you make me ladye of one good towneH
Ile make you lord of three '-
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'Ah cursed bee the gold ' he saydC
'If thou hadst not been treweQ
I shold have forsaken my sweet loveL
And have changed her for a newe '-
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And now their hearts being linked fastC
They joyned hand in handeC
Thus he had both purse and person tooC
And all at his commandeC

Anonymous Olde English



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