Over The Hills Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBCB EBCB FBCB GBCB HBCB IBCB IBCB| The old hound wags his shaggy tail | A |
| And I know what he would say | B |
| It's over the hills we'll bound old hound | C |
| Over the hills and away | B |
| - | |
| There's nought for us here save to count the clock | D |
| And hang the head all day | B |
| But over the hills we'll bound old hound | C |
| Over the hills and away | B |
| - | |
| Here among men we're like the deer | E |
| That yonder is our prey | B |
| So over the hills we'll bound old hound | C |
| Over the hills and away | B |
| - | |
| The hypocrite is master here | F |
| But he's the cock of clay | B |
| So over the hills we'll bound old hound | C |
| Over the hills and away | B |
| - | |
| The women they shall sigh and smile | G |
| And madden whom they may | B |
| It's over the hills we'll bound old hound | C |
| Over the hills and away | B |
| - | |
| Let silly lads in couples run | H |
| To pleasure a wicked fay | B |
| 'Tis ours on the heather to bound old hound | C |
| Over the hills and away | B |
| - | |
| The torrent glints under the rowan red | I |
| And shakes the bracken spray | B |
| What joy on the heather to bound old hound | C |
| Over the hills and away | B |
| - | |
| The sun bursts broad and the heathery bed | I |
| Is purple and orange and gray | B |
| Away and away we'll bound old hound | C |
| Over the hills and away | B |
George Meredith
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Over The Hills poem by George Meredith
Best Poems of George Meredith