Mary's Tryst Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDEDFGFG HDHDFIFI JKJKLMLM NOPOQRQR OSOSTDTD UVUWXDXD FYFYODOD ZVZVOOOO TDTD| Young Mary stole along the vale | A |
| To keep her tryst with Ulnor's lord | B |
| A warrior clad in coat of mail | A |
| Stood darkling by the brawling ford | B |
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| O let me pass O let me pass | C |
| Dark falls the night on hill and lea | D |
| Flies flies the bright day swift and fast | E |
| From lordly bower and greenwood tree | D |
| The small birds twitter as they fly | F |
| To dewy bough and leaf hid nest | G |
| Dark fold the black clouds on the sky | F |
| And maiden terrors throng my breast | G |
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| And thou shalt pass thou bonnie maid | H |
| If thou wilt only tell to me | D |
| Why hiest thou forth in lonesome shade | H |
| Where may thy wish'd for bourne be | D |
| O let me by O let me by | F |
| My granddam dwells by Ulnor's shore | I |
| She strains for me her failing eye | F |
| Beside her lowly ivied door | I |
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| I rode by Ulnor's shore at dawn | J |
| I saw no ancient dame and cot | K |
| I saw but startl'd doe and fawn | J |
| Thy bourne thou yet hast told me not | K |
| O let me pass my father lies | L |
| Long stretch'd in coffin and in shroud | M |
| Where Ulnor's turrets climb the skies | L |
| Where Ulnor's battlements are proud | M |
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| I rode by Ulnor's walls at noon | N |
| I heard no bell for passing sprite | O |
| And saw no henchman straik'd for tomb | P |
| Thou hast not told thy bourne aright | O |
| O let me pass a monk doth dwell | Q |
| In lowly hut by Ulnor's shrine | R |
| I seek the holy friar's cell | Q |
| That he may shrive this soul of mine | R |
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| I rode by Ulnor's shrine this day | O |
| I saw no hut no friar's cowl | S |
| I heard no holy hermit pray | O |
| I heard but hooting of the owl | S |
| O let me pass time flies apace | T |
| And since thou wilt not let me be | D |
| I tryst with chief of Ulnor's race | T |
| Beneath the spreading hawthorn tree | D |
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| I rode beside the bonnie thorn | U |
| When this day's sun was sinking low | V |
| I saw a damsel like the morn | U |
| I saw a knight with hound and bow | W |
| The chief was chief of Ulnor's name | X |
| The maid was of a high degree | D |
| I saw him kiss the lovely dame | X |
| I saw him bend the suitor's knee | D |
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| I saw the fond glance of his eye | F |
| To her red cheek red roses bring | Y |
| Between them as my steed flew by | F |
| I saw them break a golden ring | Y |
| O wouldst thou know thou curious knight | O |
| Where Mary's bourne to night will be | D |
| Since thou has seen such traitor sight | O |
| Beneath the blooming hawthorn tree | D |
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| Fair shone the yellow of her locks | Z |
| Her cheek and bosom's drifted snow | V |
| She leap'd adown the sharp grey rocks | Z |
| She sought the sullen pool below | V |
| The knight his iron vizard rais'd | O |
| He caught young Mary to his heart | O |
| She lifted up her head and gaz'd | O |
| She drew her yellow locks apart | O |
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| The roses touch'd her lovely face | T |
| The lilies white did faint and flee | D |
| The knight was chief of Ulnor's race | T |
| His only true love still was she | D |
Isabella Valancy Crawford
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