The Faithless Knight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHEH IJIKLMLN| THE lady she sate in her bower alone | A |
| And she gaz'd from the lattice window high | B |
| Where a white steed's hoofs were ringing on | C |
| With a beating heart and a smother'd sigh | B |
| Why doth she gaze thro' the sunset rays | D |
| Why doth she watch that white steed's track | E |
| While a quivering smile on her red lip plays | D |
| 'Tis her own dear knight will he not look back | E |
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| The steed flew fast and the rider past | F |
| Nor paus'd he to gaze at the lady's bower | G |
| The smile from her lip is gone at last | F |
| There are tears on her cheek like the dew on a flower | G |
| And 'plague on these foolish tears ' she said | H |
| 'Which have dimm'd the view of my young love's track | E |
| For oh I am sure while I bent my head | H |
| It was then it was then that my knight look'd back ' | - |
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| On flew that steed with an arrow's speed | I |
| He is gone and the green boughs wave between | J |
| And she sighs as the sweet breeze sighs through a reed | I |
| As she watches the spot where he last has been | K |
| Oh many a sun shall rise and set | L |
| And many an hour may she watch in vain | M |
| And many a tear shall that soft cheek wet | L |
| Ere that steed and its rider return again | N |
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
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