A Song Of The Greenaway Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF CC GG| As I went a walking on Lavender Hill | A |
| O I met a Darling in frock and frill | A |
| And she looked at me shyly with eyes of blue | B |
| Are you going a walking Then take me too | B |
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| So we strolled to the field where the cowslips grow | C |
| And we played and we played for an hour or so | C |
| Then we climbed to the top of the old park wall | D |
| And the Darling she threaded a cowslip ball | D |
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| Then we played again till I said My Dear | E |
| This pain in my side it has grown severe | E |
| I ought to have mentioned I'm past three score | F |
| And I fear that I scarcely can play any more | F |
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| But the Darling she answered O no O no | C |
| You must play you must play I sha'n't let you go | C |
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| And I woke with a start and a sigh of despair | G |
| And I found myself safe in my Grandfather's chair | G |
Henry Austin Dobson
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