The Lament For Shuil Donald-s Daughter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDEFGFA HIHJKFKFA BLBMBFBF| I | A |
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| IN old Shuil Donald's cottage there are many voices weeping | B |
| And stifled sobs and murmurings of sorrow wild and vain | C |
| For the old man's cherish'd blessing on her bed of death lies sleeping | B |
| The sleep from which no human wish can rouse her soul again | D |
| Oh dark are now those gentle eyes which shone beneath their lashes | E |
| So full of laughter and of love it seems but yesterday | F |
| Well may Shuil Donald mourn beside his hearth's forsaken ashes | G |
| His lily of the valley is wither'd away | F |
| II | A |
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| The spring shall come to other hearts with breezes and with showers | H |
| But lonely winter still shall reign in old Shuil Donald's home | I |
| Others may raise the song of joy and laugh away the hours | H |
| But he oh never more may joy to his lone dwelling come | J |
| Her name shall be an empty sound in idle converse spoken | K |
| Forgotten shall she be by those who mourn her most to day | F |
| All all but one who wanders with his Highland spirit broken | K |
| His lily of the valley is wither'd away | F |
| III | A |
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| And he long long at even tide when sunset rays are gleaming | B |
| That sad old man shall sit within his lonely cottage door | L |
| Desolate desolate shall sit and muse with idle dreaming | B |
| On days when her returning step came quick across the moor | M |
| Oh never more her quiet smile her cheerful voice of greeting | B |
| Shall rouse to warmth his aged heart when darkly sinks the day | F |
| Never oh never more on earth those loved ones may be meeting | B |
| His lily of the valley is wither'd away | F |
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
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