Thomas The Rhymer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEEE FEE GEGE GEH I HE GEJ GGKG EGGG LEME GMMM GEME GNGO PMG EMEM GMQN ENM GNRN N G SEGE| True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank | A |
| A ferlie he spied wi' his e'e | B |
| And there he saw a ladye bright | C |
| Come riding down by the Eildon Tree | B |
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| Her skirt was o' the grass green silk | D |
| Her mantle o' the velvet fyne | E |
| At ilka tett o' her horse's mane | E |
| Hung fifty siller bells and nine | E |
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| True Thomas he pu'd aff his cap | F |
| And louted low down on his knee | E |
| 'Hail to thee Mary Queen of Heaven | E |
| For thy peer on earth could never be ' | - |
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| 'O no O no Thomas' she said | G |
| 'That name does not belang to me | E |
| I'm but the Queen o' fair Elfland | G |
| That am hither come to visit thee | E |
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| 'Harp and carp Thomas ' she said | G |
| 'Harp and carp along wi' me | E |
| And if ye dare to kiss my lips | H |
| Sure of your bodie I will be ' | - |
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| 'Betide me weal betide me woe | I |
| That weird shall never daunten me ' | - |
| Syne he has kiss'd her rosy lips | H |
| All underneath the Eildon Tree | E |
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| 'Now ye maun go wi' me ' she said | G |
| 'True Thomas ye maun go wi' me | E |
| And ye maun serve me seven years | J |
| Thro' weal or woe as may chance to be ' | - |
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| She 's mounted on her milk white steed | G |
| She 's ta'en true Thomas up behind | G |
| And aye whene'er her bridle rang | K |
| The steed gaed swifter than the wind | G |
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| O they rade on and farther on | E |
| The steed gaed swifter than the wind | G |
| Until they reach'd a desert wide | G |
| And living land was left behind | G |
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| 'Light down light down now true Thomas | L |
| And lean your head upon my knee | E |
| Abide ye there a little space | M |
| And I will show you ferlies three | E |
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| 'O see ye not yon narrow road | G |
| So thick beset wi' thorns and briers | M |
| That is the Path of Righteousness | M |
| Though after it but few inquires | M |
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| 'And see ye not yon braid braid road | G |
| That lies across the lily leven | E |
| That is the Path of Wickedness | M |
| Though some call it the Road to Heaven | E |
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| 'And see ye not yon bonny road | G |
| That winds about the fernie brae | N |
| That is the Road to fair Elfland | G |
| Where thou and I this night maun gae | O |
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| 'But Thomas ye sall haud your tongue | P |
| Whatever ye may hear or see | M |
| For speak ye word in Elfyn land | G |
| Ye'll ne'er win back to your ain countrie ' | - |
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| O they rade on and farther on | E |
| And they waded rivers abune the knee | M |
| And they saw neither sun nor moon | E |
| But they heard the roaring of the sea | M |
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| It was mirk mirk night there was nae starlight | G |
| They waded thro' red blude to the knee | M |
| For a' the blude that 's shed on the earth | Q |
| Rins through the springs o' that countrie | N |
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| Syne they came to a garden green | E |
| And she pu'd an apple frae a tree | N |
| 'Take this for thy wages true Thomas | M |
| It will give thee the tongue that can never lee ' | - |
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| 'My tongue is my ain ' true Thomas he said | G |
| 'A gudely gift ye wad gie to me | N |
| I neither dought to buy or sell | R |
| At fair or tryst where I might be | N |
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| 'I dought neither speak to prince or peer | N |
| Nor ask of grace from fair ladye ' | - |
| 'Now haud thy peace Thomas ' she said | G |
| 'For as I say so must it be ' | - |
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| He has gotten a coat of the even cloth | S |
| And a pair o' shoon of the velvet green | E |
| And till seven years were gane and past | G |
| True Thomas on earth was never seen | E |
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