Maude Clare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIF JKLK MDMD NOPO QRQ STDT IFUF VWX YLZL DLA2| Out of the church she followed them | A |
| With a lofty step and mien | B |
| His bride was like a village maid | C |
| Maude Clare was like a queen | B |
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| 'Son Thomas ' his lady mother said | D |
| With smiles almost with tears | E |
| 'May Nell and you but live as true | F |
| As we have done for years | G |
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| 'Your father thirty years ago | H |
| Had just your tale to tell | I |
| But he was not so pale as you | F |
| Nor I so pale as Nell ' | - |
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| My lord was pale with inward strife | J |
| And Nell was pale with pride | K |
| My lord gazed long on pale Maude Clare | L |
| Or ever he kissed the bride | K |
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| 'Lo I have brought my gift my lord | M |
| Have brought my gift ' she said | D |
| 'To bless the hearth to bless the board | M |
| To bless the marriage bed | D |
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| 'Here's my half of the golden chain | N |
| You wore about your neck | O |
| That day we waded ankle deep | P |
| For lilies in the beck | O |
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| 'Here's my half of the faded leaves | Q |
| We plucked from budding bough | R |
| With feet amongst the lily leaves | Q |
| The lilies are budding now ' | - |
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| He strove to match her scorn with scorn | S |
| He faltered in his place | T |
| 'Lady ' he said 'Maude Clare ' he said | D |
| 'Maude Clare ' and hid his face | T |
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| She turn'd to Nell 'My Lady Nell | I |
| I have a gift for you | F |
| Though were it fruit the bloom were gone | U |
| Or were it flowers the dew | F |
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| 'Take my share of a fickle heart | V |
| Mine of a paltry love | W |
| Take it or leave it as you will | X |
| I wash my hands thereof ' | - |
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| 'And what you leave ' said Nell 'I'll take | Y |
| And what you spurn I'll wear | L |
| For he's my lord for better and worse | Z |
| And him I love Maude Clare | L |
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| 'Yea though you're taller by the head | D |
| More wise and much more fair | L |
| I'll love him till he loves me best | A2 |
| Me best of all Maude Clare ' | - |
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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