A Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFH IJKJ LMNM OPKP| Be hush'd be hush'd ye bitter winds | A |
| Ye pelting rains a little rest | B |
| Lie still lie still ye busy thoughts | C |
| That wring with grief my aching breast | B |
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| Oh cruel was my faithless love | D |
| To triumph o'er an artless maid | E |
| Oh cruel was my faithless love | D |
| To leave the breast by him betray'd | E |
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| When exiled from my native home | F |
| He should have wiped the bitter tear | G |
| Nor left me faint and lone to roam | F |
| A heart sick weary wanderer here | H |
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| My child moans sadly in my arms | I |
| The winds they will not let it sleep | J |
| Ah little knows the hapless babe | K |
| What makes its wretched mother weep | J |
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| Now lie thee still my infant dear | L |
| I cannot bear thy sobs to see | M |
| Harsh is thy father little one | N |
| And never will he shelter thee | M |
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| Oh that I were but in my grave | O |
| And winds were piping o'er me loud | P |
| And thou my poor my orphan babe | K |
| Wert nestling in thy mother's shroud | P |
Henry Kirk White
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