Ode (from The Gaelic) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBACDCCEFDAGBCGCGCHI ACJHKBDG| Is luaimnach mo chodal an nochd | A |
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| Oh restless to night are my slumbers | B |
| Life yet I retain but not gladness | B |
| My heart in my bosom is wither'd | A |
| And sorrow sits heavy upon me | C |
| For cold in her grave hill is lying | D |
| The maid whom I gaz'd on so fondly | C |
| Whose teeth were like chalk from the quarry | C |
| Whose voice was more sweet than harp music | E |
| Like foam that subsides on the water | F |
| Just where the wild swan has been playing | D |
| Like snow by the sunny beam melted | A |
| My love thou wert gone on a sudden | G |
| Salt tears I let fall in abundance | B |
| When memory bringeth before me | C |
| That eye like the placid blue heaven | G |
| That cheek like the rose in its glory | C |
| Sweet object of warmest affection | G |
| Why could not thy beauty protect thee | C |
| Why sparing so many a thistle | H |
| Did Death cut so lovely a blossom | I |
| Here pine I forlorn and abandon'd | A |
| Where once I was cheerful and merry | C |
| No joy shall e'er shine on my visage | J |
| Until my last hour's arrival | H |
| O like the top grain on the corn ear | K |
| Or like the young pine 'mong the bushes | B |
| Or like the moon 'mong the stars shining | D |
| Wert thou O my love amongst women | G |
George Borrow
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