Some Songs After Master Singers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B C DEEDFFFGG HIIHFFFGG A J KKLLMNOOPPOOQQRRPPOO ST BB A T SUSU FVFV OKOK OTOT H K K WWVXXVV KKYOOYY VV K K K BB Z BA2OO H B2 C2 OOOOD2D2 KKTTOO E2E2OOE2E2E2E2YYE2E2 KKF2F2G2G2E2E2OOTT

IA
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SONGB
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W SC
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With a hey and a hi and a hey ho rhymeD
O the shepherd ladE
He is ne'er so gladE
As when he pipes in the blossom timeD
So rareF
While Kate picks by yet looks not thereF
So rare so rareF
With a hey and a hi and a hoG
The grasses curdle where the daisies blowG
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With a hey and a hi and a hey ho vowH
Then he sips her faceI
At the sweetest placeI
And ho how white is the hawthorn nowH
So rareF
And the daisied world rocks round them thereF
So rare so rareF
With a hey and a hi and a hoG
The grasses curdle where the daisies blowG
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IIA
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TO THE CHILD JULIAJ
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R H-
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Little Julia since that weK
May not as our elders beK
Let us blithely fill the daysL
Of our youth with pleasant playsL
First we'll up at earliest dawnM
While as yet the dew is onN
The sooth'd grasses and the piedO
Blossomings of morningtideO
Next with rinsed cheeks that shineP
As the enamell'd eglantineP
We will break our fast on breadO
With both cream and honey spreadO
Then with many a challenge callQ
We will romp from house and hallQ
Gypsying with the birds and beesR
Of the green tress'd garden treesR
In a bower of leaf and vineP
Thou shalt be a lady fineP
Held in duress by the greatO
Giant I shall personateO
Next when many mimics moreS
Like to these we have played o'erT
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We'll betake us home alongB
Hand in hand at evensongB
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IIIA
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THE DOLLY'S MOTHERT
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W W-
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A little maid of summers fourS
Did you compute her yearsU
And yet how infinitely moreS
To me her age appearsU
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I mark the sweet child's serious airF
At her unplayful playV
The tiny doll she mothers thereF
And lulls to sleep awayV
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Grows 'neath the grave similitudeO
An infant real to meK
And she a saint of motherhoodO
In hale maturityK
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So pausing in my lonely roundO
And all unseen of herT
I stand uncovered her profoundO
And abject worshipperT
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IVH
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WIND OF THE SEAK
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A TK
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Wind of the Sea come fill my sailW
Lend me the breath of a freshening galeW
And bear my port worn ship awayV
For O the greed of the tedious townX
The shutters up and the shutters downX
Wind of the Sea sweep over the bayV
And bear me away awayV
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Whither you bear me Wind of the SeaK
Matters never the least to meK
Give me your fogs with the sails adripY
Or the weltering path thro' the starless nightO
On somewhere is a new daylightO
And the cheery glint of another shipY
As its colors dip and dipY
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Wind of the Sea sweep over the bayV
And bear me away awayV
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VK
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SUBTLETYK
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R BK
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Whilst little Paul convalescing was stayingB
Close indoors and his boisterous classmates payingB
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Him visits with fresh school notes and surprisesZ
With nettling pride they sprung the word 'Athletic '-
With much advice and urgings sympatheticB
Anent 'Athletic exercises ' Wise asA2
Lad might look quoth Paul 'I've pondered o'er thatO
'Athletic ' but I mean to take before thatO
Downstairic and outdooric exercises '-
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VIH
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BORN TO THE PURPLEB2
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W MC2
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Most like it was this kingly ladO
Spake out of the pure joy he hadO
In his child heart of the wee maidO
Whose eerie beauty sudden laidO
A spell upon him and his wordsD2
Burst as a song of any bird'sD2
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A peerless Princess thou shalt beK
Through wit of love's rare sorceryK
To crown the crown of thy gold hairT
Thou shalt have rubies bleeding thereT
Their crimson splendor midst the marredO
Pulp of great pearls and afterwardO
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Leaking in fainter ruddy stainsE2
Adown thy neck and armlet chainsE2
Of turquoise chrysoprase and madO
Light frenzied diamonds dartling gladO
Swift spirts of shine that interfuseE2
As though with lucent crystal dewsE2
That glance and glitter like split raysE2
Of sunshine born of burgeoning MaysE2
When the first bee tilts down the lipY
Of the first blossom and the dripY
Of blended dew and honey heavesE2
Him blinded midst the underleavesE2
For raiment Fays shall weave for theeK
Out of the phosphor of the seaK
And the frayed floss of starlight spunF2
With counterwarp of the firm sunF2
A vesture of such filmy sheenG2
As through all ages never queenG2
Therewith strove truly to make lessE2
One fair line of her lovelinessE2
Thus gowned and crowned with gems and goldO
Thou shalt through centuries untoldO
Rule ever young and ever fairT
As now thou rulest smiling thereT

James Whitcomb Riley



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