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 V2W2TX2K| There 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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