The Night Is Near Gone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAAAB AAABAAAB AAABAAAB AAABAAA AAABAAAB AAABAAAB AAABAAABHEY now the day dawis | A |
The jolly cock crawis | A |
Now shroudis the shawis | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Thro' Nature anon | B |
The thissel cock cryis | A |
On lovers wha lyis | A |
Now skaillis the skyis | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp The nicht is neir gone | B |
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The fieldis ouerflowis | A |
With gowans that growis | A |
Quhair lilies like low is | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp As red as the rone | B |
The turtle that true is | A |
With notes that renewis | A |
Her pairty pursuis | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp The nicht is neir gone | B |
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Now hairtis with hindis | A |
Conform to their kindis | A |
Hie tursis their tyndis | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp On ground quhair they grone | B |
Now hurchonis with hairis | A |
Aye passis in pairis | A |
Quhilk duly declaris | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp The nicht is neir gone | B |
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The season excellis | A |
Through sweetness that smellis | A |
Now Cupid compellis | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Our hairtis echone | B |
On Venus wha waikis | A |
To muse on our maikis | A |
Syne sing for their saikis | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp 'The nicht is neir gone ' | - |
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All courageous knichtis | A |
Aganis the day dichtis | A |
The breist plate that bright is | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp To fight with their fone | B |
The stoned steed stampis | A |
Through courage and crampis | A |
Syne on the land lampis | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp The nicht is neir gone | B |
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The freikis on feildis | A |
That wight wapins weildis | A |
With shyning bright shieldis | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp At Titan in trone | B |
Stiff speiris in reistis | A |
Ouer corseris crestis | A |
Are broke on their breistis | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp The nicht is neir gone | B |
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So hard are their hittis | A |
Some sweyis some sittis | A |
And some perforce flittis | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp On ground quhile they grone | B |
Syne groomis that gay is | A |
On blonkis that brayis | A |
With swordis assayis | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp The nicht is neir gone | B |
George Gascoigne
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