Ballad Of The Banished And Returning Count Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EF GF G HH IH IB GG G GG GG GB GG G JJ GJ GK GG G LL ML NO GG G PP GP GQ GG G RS TS TG GU G OO VO WX GG G BB WB WX GG G BB YB YQ GG G BB ZG ZG GG G| OH enter old minstrel thou time honour'd one | A |
| We children are here in the hall all alone | B |
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| The portals we straightway will bar | C |
| Our mother is praying our father is gone | D |
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| To the forest on wolves to make war | E |
| Oh sing us a ballad the tale then repeat | F |
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| 'Till brother and I learn it right | G |
| We long have been hoping a minstrel to meet | F |
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| For children hear tales with delight | G |
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| quot At midnight when darkness its fearful veil weaves | H |
| His lofty and stately old castle he leaves | H |
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| But first he has buried his wealth | I |
| What figure is that in his arms one perceives | H |
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| As the Count quits the gateway by stealth | I |
| O'er what is his mantle so hastily thrown | B |
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| What bears he along in his flight | G |
| A daughter it is and she gently sleeps on quot | G |
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| The children they hear with delight | G |
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| quot The morning soon glimmers the world is so wide | G |
| In valleys and forests a home is supplied | G |
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| The bard in each village is cheer'd | G |
| Thus lives he and wanders while years onward glide | G |
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| And longer still waxes his beard | G |
| But the maiden so fair in his arms grows amain | B |
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| 'Neath her star all protecting and bright | G |
| Secured in the mantle from wind and from rain quot | G |
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| The children they hear with delight | G |
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| quot And year upon year with swift footstep now steals | J |
| The mantle it fades many rents it reveals | J |
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| The maiden no more it can hold | G |
| The father he sees her what rapture he feels | J |
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| His joy cannot now be controll'd | G |
| How worthy she seems of the race whence she springs | K |
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| How noble and fair to the sight | G |
| What wealth to her dearly loved father she brings quot | G |
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| The children they hear with delight | G |
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| quot Then comes there a princely knight galloping by | L |
| She stretches her hand out as soon as he's nigh | L |
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| But alms he refuses to give | M |
| He seizes her hand with a smile in his eye | L |
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| 'Thou art mine ' he exclaims 'while I live ' | - |
| 'When thou know'st ' cries the old man 'the treasure that's | N |
| there | O |
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| A princess thou'lt make her of right | G |
| Betroth'd be she now on this spot green and fair ' quot | G |
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| The children they hear with delight | G |
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| quot So she's bless'd by the priest on the hallowed place | P |
| And she goes with a smiling but sorrowful face | P |
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| From her father she fain would not part | G |
| The old man still wanders with ne'er changing pace | P |
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| He covers with joy his sad heart | G |
| So I think of my daughter as years pass away | Q |
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| And my grandchildren far from my sight | G |
| I bless them by night and I bless them by day quot | G |
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| The children they hear with delight | G |
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| He blesses the children a knocking they hear | R |
| The father it is They spring forward in fear | S |
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| The old man they cannot conceal | T |
| quot Thou beggar wouldst lure then my children so dear | S |
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| Straight seize him ye vassals of steel | T |
| To the dungeon most deep with the fool hardy knave quot | G |
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| The mother from far hears the fight | G |
| She hastens with flatt'ring entreaty to crave | U |
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| The children they hear with delight | G |
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| The vassals they suffer the Bard to stand there | O |
| And mother and children implore him to spare | O |
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| The proud prince would stifle his ire | V |
| 'Till driven to fury at hearing their prayer | O |
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| His smouldering anger takes fire | W |
| quot Thou pitiful race Oh thou beggarly crew | X |
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| Eclipsing my star once so bright | G |
| Ye'll bring me destruction ye sorely shall rue quot | G |
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| The children they hear with affright | G |
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| The old man still stands there with dignified mien | B |
| The vassals of steel quake before him I ween | B |
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| The Count's fury increases in power | W |
| quot My wedded existence a curse long has been | B |
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| And these are the fruits from that flower | W |
| 'Tis ever denied and the saying is true | X |
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| That to wed with the base born is right | G |
| The beggar has borne me a beggarly crew quot | G |
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| The children they hear with affright | G |
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| quot If the husband the father thus treats you with scorn | B |
| If the holiest bonds by him rashly are torn | B |
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| Then come to your father to me | Y |
| The beggar may gladden life's pathway forlorn | B |
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| Though aged and weak he may be | Y |
| This castle is mine thou hast made it thy prey | Q |
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| Thy people 'twas put me to flight | G |
| The tokens I bear will confirm what I say quot | G |
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| The children they hear with delight | G |
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| quot The king who erst govern'd returneth again | B |
| And restores to the Faithful the goods that were ta'en | B |
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| I'll unseal all my treasures the while | Z |
| The laws shall be gentle and peaceful the reign quot | G |
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| The old man thus cries with a smile | Z |
| quot Take courage my son all hath turned out for good | G |
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| And each hath a star that is bright | G |
| Those the princess hath borne thee are princely in blood quot | G |
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| The children thy hear with delight | G |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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