Over The Hills And Far Away Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCAAA AADDEEAAA AACCFFAAA| Over the hills and far away | A |
| A little boy steals from his morning play | A |
| And under the blossoming apple tree | B |
| He lies and he dreams of the things to be | B |
| Of battles fought and of victories won | C |
| Of wrongs o'erthrown and of great deeds done | C |
| Of the valor that he shall prove some day | A |
| Over the hills and far away | A |
| Over the hills and far away | A |
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| Over the hills and far away | A |
| It's oh for the toil the livelong day | A |
| But it mattereth not to the soul aflame | D |
| With a love for riches and power and fame | D |
| On man while the sun is high | E |
| On to the certain joys that lie | E |
| Yonder where blazeth the noon of day | A |
| Over the hills and far away | A |
| Over the hills and far away | A |
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| Over the hills and far away | A |
| An old man lingers at close of day | A |
| Now that his journey is almost done | C |
| His battles fought and his victories won | C |
| The old time honesty and truth | F |
| The trustfulness and the friends of youth | F |
| Home and mother where are they | A |
| Over the hills and far away | A |
| Over the years and far away | A |
Eugene Field
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Sam Faulkner : Very moving, a depiction of life through the eyes of the young and old. Captured in a beautiful hopeful expression of life.
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