Said The Thistle-down Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFBDBD AGAGHFHF EIEIJDJD AKAKLDLD ECECMDMD| If thou wilt hold my silver hair | A |
| O Lady sweet and bright | B |
| I'll bring thee maiden darling where | A |
| Thy lover is to night | B |
| Lay down thy robe of cloth of gold | C |
| Gold weigheth heavily | D |
| Thy necklace wound in jewell'd fold | C |
| And hie thee forth with me | D |
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| O Thistle down dear Thistle down | E |
| I've laid my robe aside | F |
| My necklace and my jewell'd crown | E |
| And yet I cannot glide | F |
| Along the silver crests of night | B |
| With thee light thing with thee | D |
| Rain would I try the airy flight | B |
| What sayest thou to me | D |
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| If thou wilt hold my silver hair | A |
| O maiden fair and proud | G |
| We'll float upon the purple air | A |
| High as yon lilied cloud | G |
| There is a jewel weighs thy heart | H |
| If thou with me wouldst glide | F |
| That cold cold jewel place apart | H |
| The jewel of thy pride | F |
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| O Thistle down dear Thistle down | E |
| That jewel part I've set | I |
| With golden robe and shining crown | E |
| And cannot follow yet | I |
| Fain would I clasp thy silver tress | J |
| And float on high with thee | D |
| Yet somewhat me to earth doth press | J |
| What sayest thou to me | D |
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| If thou wilt hold my silver hair | A |
| O lady sweet and chaste | K |
| We'll dance upon the sparkling air | A |
| And to thy lover haste | K |
| A lily lies upon thy breast | L |
| Snow white as it can be | D |
| It holds thee strong sweet with the rest | L |
| Yield lilied chastity | D |
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| O Thistle down false Thistle down | E |
| I've parted Pride and Gold | C |
| Laid past my jewels and my crown | E |
| My golden robings' fold | C |
| I will not lay my lily past | M |
| Love's light as vanity | D |
| When to the mocking wind is cast | M |
| The lily Chastity | D |
Isabella Valancy Crawford
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