As I Laye A-dreamynge. L'envoi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDDAE BFDDDGF BCG GCC BHDDDH BDCCC D BEDDDE EBB EE| After T I | A |
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| As I laye a dreamynge a dreamynge a dreamynge | B |
| O softlye moaned the dove to her mate within the tree | C |
| And meseemed unto my syghte | D |
| Came rydynge many a knyghte | D |
| All cased in armoure bryghte | D |
| Cap a pie | A |
| As I laye a dreamynge a goodlye companye | E |
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| As I laye a dreamynge a dreamynge a dreamynge | B |
| O sadlye mourned the dove callynge long and callynge lowe | F |
| And meseemed of alle that hoste | D |
| Notte a face but was the ghoste | D |
| Of a friend that I hadde loste | D |
| Long agoe | G |
| As I laye a dreamynge oh bysson teare to flowe | F |
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| As I laye a dreamynge a dreamynge a dreamynge | B |
| O sadlye sobbed the dove as she seemed to despayre | C |
| And laste upon the tracke | G |
| Came one I hayled as 'Jacke ' | - |
| But he turned mee his backe | G |
| With a stare | C |
| As I laye a dreamynge he lefte mee callynge there | C |
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| Stille I laye a dreamynge a dreamynge a dreamynge | B |
| And gentler sobbed the dove as it eased her of her payne | H |
| And meseemed a voyce yt cry'd | D |
| 'They shall ryde and they shall ryde | D |
| 'Tyll the truce of tyme and tyde | D |
| Come agayne | H |
| Alle for Eldorado yette never maye attayne ' | - |
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| Stille I laye a dreamynge a dreamynge a dreamynge | B |
| And scarcelye moaned the dove as her agonye was spente | D |
| 'Shalle to morrowe see them nygher | C |
| To a golden walle or spyre | C |
| You have better in yr fyre | C |
| Bee contente ' | - |
| As I laye a dreamynge it seem'd smalle punyshment | D |
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| But I laye a wakynge and loe the dawne was breakynge | B |
| And rarely pyped a larke for the promyse of the daye | E |
| 'Uppe and sette yr lance in reste | D |
| Uppe and followe on the queste | D |
| Leave the issue to be guessed | D |
| At the endynge of the waye' | E |
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| As I laye a wakynge 'twas soe she seemed to say | E |
| 'Whatte and if it alle be feynynge | B |
| There be better thynges than gaynynge | B |
| Rycher pryzes than attaynynge ' | - |
| And 'twas truthe she seemed to saye | E |
| Whyles the dawne was breakynge I rode upon my waye | E |
Arthur Thomas Quiller-couch
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