Orkney Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACCDDDB EBEFFCCCB GBGAABBBB| A moonbeam floateth from the skies | A |
| Whispering Heigho my dearie | B |
| I would spin a web before your eyes | A |
| A beautiful web of silver light | C |
| Wherein is many a wondrous sight | C |
| Of a radiant garden leagues away | D |
| Where the softly tinkling lilies sway | D |
| And the snow white lambkins are at play | D |
| Heigho my dearie | B |
| - | |
| A brownie stealeth from the vine | E |
| Singing Heigho my dearie | B |
| And will you hear this song of mine | E |
| A song of the land of murk and mist | F |
| Where bideth the bud the dew hath kist | F |
| Then let the moonbeam's web of light | C |
| Be spun before thee silvery white | C |
| And I shall sing the livelong night | C |
| Heigho my dearie | B |
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| The night wind speedeth from the sea | G |
| Murmuring Heigho my dearie | B |
| I bring a mariner's prayer for thee | G |
| So let the moonbeam veil thine eyes | A |
| And the brownie sing thee lullabies | A |
| But I shall rock thee to and fro | B |
| Kissing the brow he loveth so | B |
| And the prayer shall guard thy bed I trow | B |
| Heigho my dearie | B |
Eugene Field
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