Draherin O Machree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDCC EECC FFCC GGCC FFCC| I grieve when I think on the dear happy days of my youth | A |
| When all the bright dreams of this faithless world seem'd truth | A |
| When I stray'd thro' the green wood as gay as a mid summer bee | B |
| In brotherly love with my Draherin O Machree | C |
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| Together we lay in the sweet scented meadows to rest | D |
| Together we watch'd the gay lark as he sung o'er his nest | D |
| Together we plucked the red fruit of the fragrant hawthorn tree | C |
| And I loved as a sweetheart my Draherin O Machree | C |
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| His form was straight as a hazel that grows in the glen | E |
| His manners were courteous and social and gay amongst men | E |
| His bosom was white as the lily on summer's green lea | C |
| He's God's brightest image was Draherin O Machree | C |
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| Oh sweet were his words as the honey that falls in the night | F |
| And his young smiling face like the May bloom was fresh and as bright | F |
| His eyes were like dew on the flower of the sweet apple tree | C |
| My heart's spring and summer was Draherin O Machree | C |
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| He went to the wars when proud England united with France | G |
| His regiment was first in the red battle charge to advance | G |
| But when night drew its veil o'er the gory and life wasting fray | C |
| Pale bleeding and cold lay my Draherin O Machree | C |
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| Now I'm left to weep like the sorrowful bird of the night | F |
| This earth and its pleasures no more shall afford me delight | F |
| The dark narrow grave is the only sad refuge for me | C |
| Since I lost my heart's darling my Draherin O Machree | C |
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