The Shepherd Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEC FGHGIG JKLKJK IGMGNG A IOPOHH HQKQRS TIBIKI A HPUPHP HQMQHS| I | A |
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| Who pipes upon the long green hill | B |
| Where meadow grass is deep | C |
| The white lamb bleats but followeth on | D |
| Follow the clean white sheep | C |
| The dear white lady in yon high tower | E |
| She hearkeneth in her sleep | C |
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| All in long grass the piper stands | F |
| Goodly and grave is he | G |
| Outside the tower at dawn of day | H |
| The notes of his pipe ring free | G |
| A thought from his heart doth reach to hers | I |
| Come down O lady to me | G |
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| She lifts her head she dons her gown | J |
| Ah the lady is fair | K |
| She ties the girdle on her waist | L |
| And binds her flaxen hair | K |
| And down she stealeth down and down | J |
| Down the turret stair | K |
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| Behold him With the flock he wons | I |
| Along yon grassy lea | G |
| My shepherd lord my shepherd love | M |
| What wilt thou then with me | G |
| My heart is gone out of my breast | N |
| And followeth on to thee | G |
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| II | A |
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| The white lambs feed in tender grass | I |
| With them and thee to bide | O |
| How good it were she saith at noon | P |
| Albeit the meads are wide | O |
| Oh well is me she saith when day | H |
| Draws on to eventide | H |
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| Hark hark the shepherd's voice Oh sweet | H |
| Her tears drop down like rain | Q |
| Take now this crook my chosen my fere | K |
| And tend the flock full fain | Q |
| Feed them O lady and lose not one | R |
| Till I shall come again | S |
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| Right soft her speech My will is thine | T |
| And my reward thy grace | I |
| Gone are his footsteps over the hill | B |
| Withdrawn his goodly face | I |
| The mournful dusk begins to gather | K |
| The daylight wanes apace | I |
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| III | A |
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| On sunny slopes ah long the lady | H |
| Feedeth her flock at noon | P |
| She leads it down to drink at eve | U |
| Where the small rivulets croon | P |
| All night her locks are wet with dew | H |
| Her eyes outwatch the moon | P |
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| Beyond the hills her voice is heard | H |
| She sings when light doth wane | Q |
| My longing heart is full of love | M |
| Nor shall my watch be vain | Q |
| My shepherd lord I see him not | H |
| But he will come again | S |
Jean Ingelow
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