The Milkmaid. A New Song To An Old Tune. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE CGHGDEFE IJKJDEFE LMBMDEFE GNONDEFE| Across the grass I see her pass | A |
| She comes with tripping pace | B |
| A maid I know and March winds blow | C |
| Her hair across her face | B |
| With a hey Dolly ho Dolly | D |
| Dolly shall be mine | E |
| Before the spray is white with May | F |
| Or blooms the eglantine | E |
| - | |
| The March winds blow I watch her go | C |
| Her eye is brown and clear | G |
| Her cheek is brown and soft as down | H |
| To those who see it near | G |
| With a hey Dolly ho Dolly | D |
| Dolly shall be mine | E |
| Before the spray is white with May | F |
| Or blooms the eglantine | E |
| - | |
| What has she not that those have got | I |
| The dames that walk in silk | J |
| If she undo her 'kerchief blue | K |
| Her neck is white as milk | J |
| With a hey Dolly ho Dolly | D |
| Dolly shall be mine | E |
| Before the spray is white with May | F |
| Or blooms the eglantine | E |
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| Let those who will be proud and chill | L |
| For me from June to June | M |
| My Dolly's words are sweet as curds | B |
| Her laugh is like a tune | M |
| With a hey Dolly ho Dolly | D |
| Dolly shall be mine | E |
| Before the spray is white with May | F |
| Or blooms the eglantine | E |
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| Break break to hear O crocus spear | G |
| O tall Lent lilies flame | N |
| There'll be a bride at Easter tide | O |
| And Dolly is her name | N |
| With a hey Dolly ho Dolly | D |
| Dolly shall be mine | E |
| Before the spray is white with May | F |
| Or blooms the eglantine | E |
Henry Austin Dobson
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