The Holy Swan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAAADEBFEGBA A| Fair journey O holy swan with gold wings | A |
| O holy swan that I love fair journey | B |
| Carry this letter for me to the new land | C |
| The place where my lover labours | A |
| If it rains fly low beneath the trees | A |
| If the sun is hot fly in the forest shadows | A |
| If any ask you where you are going | D |
| Do not answer | E |
| You who rise for so long a journey | B |
| Avoid the roofs at the hour when the sun is red | F |
| Carry this letter to the new land of my lover | E |
| If he is faithful give it to him | G |
| If he has forgotten read it to him only | B |
| And let the lightning burn it afterwards | A |
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| Song of the Love Nights of Laos | A |
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