From The German Of Uhland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA AA BC DD EE FF GH CB II JK| Three students once tarried over the Rhine | A |
| And into Frau Wirthin's turned to dine | A |
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| Say hostess have you good beer and wine | A |
| And where is that pretty daughter of thine | A |
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| My beer and wine is fresh and clear | B |
| My daughter lies on her funeral bier | C |
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| They softly tipped into the room | D |
| She lay there in the silent gloom | D |
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| The first the white cloth gently raised | E |
| And tearfully upon her gazed | E |
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| If thou wert alive O lovely maid | F |
| My heart at thy feet would to day be laid | F |
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| The second covered her face again | G |
| And turned away with grief and pain | H |
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| Ah thou upon thy snow white bier | C |
| And I have loved thee so many a year | B |
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| The third drew back again the veil | I |
| And kissed the lips so cold and pale | I |
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| I've loved thee always I love thee to day | J |
| And will love thee yes forever and aye | K |
James Weldon Johnson
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