The Three Woes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEEE FGFG| That angel whose charge was Eir eacute sang thus o'er the dark Isle winging | A |
| By a virgin his song was heard at a tempest's ruinous close | B |
| Three golden ages God gave while your tender green blade was springing | A |
| Faith's earliest harvest is reaped To day God sends you three woes | C |
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| For ages three without laws ye shall flee as beasts in the forest | D |
| For an age and a half age faith shall bring not peace but a sword | E |
| Then laws shall rend you like eagles sharp fanged of your scourges the sorest | E |
| When these three woes are past look up for your hope is restored | E |
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| The times of your woes shall be twice the time of your foregone glory | F |
| But fourfold at last shall lie the grain on your granary floor | G |
| The seas in vapour shall flee and in ashes the mountains hoary | F |
| Let God do that which He wills Let his servants endure and adore | G |
Aubrey De Vere
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