The Lay Of Prince Marvan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJK LMLM NOPO QBKR STUT VKCK KWKW XYZY A2B2C2B2 D2OSO E2F2G2F2 E2H2E2H2 I2J2I2J2 OKOK K2L2KL2 M2OOO TG2TG2 N2KB2K ATVT O2KP2K Q2DR2D S2T2U2T2 V2W2TX2KThere is a sheeling hidden in the wood | A |
Unknown to all save God | B |
An ancient ash tree and a hazel bush | C |
Their sheltering shade afford | D |
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Around the doorway's heather laden porch | E |
Wild honeysuckles twine | F |
Prolific oaks within the forest's gloom | G |
Shed mast upon fat swine | F |
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Many a sweet familiar woodland path | H |
Comes winding to my door | I |
Lowly and humble is my hermitage | J |
Poor and yet not too poor | K |
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From the high gable end my lady's throat | L |
Her trilling chant outpours | M |
Her sombre mantle like the ousel's coat | L |
Shows dark above my doors | M |
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From the high oakridge where the roe deer leaps | N |
The river banks between | O |
Renowned Mucraime and Red Roigne's plains | P |
Lie wrapped in robes of green | O |
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Here in the silence where no care intrudes | Q |
I dwell at peace with God | B |
What gift like this hast thou to give Prince Guaire | K |
Were I to roam abroad | R |
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The heavy branches of the green barked yew | S |
That seem to bear the sky | T |
The spreading oak that shields me from the storm | U |
When winds rise high | T |
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Like a great hostel welcoming to all | V |
My laden apple tree | K |
Low in the hedge the modest hazel bush | C |
Drops ripest nuts for me | K |
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Round the pure spring that rises crystal clear | K |
Straight from the rock | W |
Wild goats and swine red fox and grazing deer | K |
At sundown flock | W |
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The host of forest dwellers of the soil | X |
Trysting at night | Y |
To meet them foxes come a peaceful troop | Z |
For my delight | Y |
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Like exiled princes flocking to their home | A2 |
They gather round | B2 |
Beneath the river bank great salmon leap | C2 |
And trout abound | B2 |
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Rich rowan clusters and the dusky sloe | D2 |
The bitter dark blackthorn | O |
Ripe whortle berries nuts of amber hue | S |
The cup enclosed acorn | O |
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A clutch of eggs sweet honey mead and ale | E2 |
God's goodness still bestows | F2 |
Red apples and the fruitage of the heath | G2 |
His constant mercy shows | F2 |
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The goodly tangle of the briar trail | E2 |
Climbs over all the hedge | H2 |
Far out of sight the trembling waters wail | E2 |
Through rustling rush and sedge | H2 |
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Luxuriant summer spreads its coloured cloak | I2 |
And covers all the land | J2 |
Bright blue bells sunk in woods of russet oak | I2 |
Their blooms expand | J2 |
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The movements of the bright red breasted wren | O |
A lovely melody | K |
Above my house the thrush and cuckoo's strain | O |
A chorus wakes for me | K |
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The little music makers of the world | K2 |
Chafers and bees | L2 |
Drone answer to the tumbling torrent's roar | K |
Beneath the trees | L2 |
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From gable ends from every branch and stem | M2 |
Sounds sweetest music now | O |
Unseen in restless flight the lively wren | O |
Flits 'neath the hazel bough | O |
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Deep in the firmament the sea gulls fly | T |
One widely circling wreath | G2 |
The cheerful cuckoo's call the poult's reply | T |
Sound o'er the distant heath | G2 |
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The lowing of the calves in summer time | N2 |
Best season of the year | K |
Across the fertile plain pleasant the sound | B2 |
Their call I hear | K |
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Voice of the wind against the branchy wood | A |
Upon the deep blue sky | T |
Most musical the ceaseless waterfall | V |
The swan's shrill cry | T |
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No hired chorus trained to praise its chief | O2 |
Comes welling up for me | K |
The music made for Christ the Ever young | P2 |
Sounds forth without a fee | K |
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Though great thy wealth Prince Guaire happier live | Q2 |
Those who can boast no hoard | D |
Who take at Christ's hand that which He doth give | R2 |
As their award | D |
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Far from life's tumult and the din of strife | S2 |
I dwell with Him in peace | T2 |
Content and grateful for Thy gifts High Prince | U2 |
Daily increase | T2 |
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GUAIRE replies | V2 |
Wisely thou choosest Marvan I a king | W2 |
Would lay my kingdom by | T |
With Colman's glorious heritage I'd part | X2 |
To bear thee company | K |
Eleanor Hull
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