Epiphanias Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BCDD EEFF GGHH IIFF JJKK FFLM NNAA| THE three holy kings with their star's bright ray | A |
| They eat and they drink but had rather not pay | A |
| They like to eat and drink away | A |
| They eat and drink but had rather not pay | A |
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| The three holy kings have all come here | B |
| In number not four but three they appear | C |
| And if a fourth join'd the other three | D |
| Increased by one their number would be | D |
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| The first am I the fair and the white | E |
| I ought to be seen when the sun shines bright | E |
| But alas with all my spices and myrrh | F |
| No girl now likes me I please not her | F |
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| The next am I the brown and the long | G |
| Known well to women known well to song | G |
| Instead of spices 'tis gold I bear | H |
| And so I'm welcome everywhere | H |
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| The last am I the black and small | I |
| And fain would be right merry withal | I |
| I like to eat and to drink full measure | F |
| I eat and drink and give thanks with pleasure | F |
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| The three holy kings are friendly and mild | J |
| They seek the Mother and seek the Child | J |
| The pious Joseph is sitting by | K |
| The ox and the ass on their litter lie | K |
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| We're bringing gold we're bringing myrrh | F |
| The women incense always prefer | F |
| And if we have wine of a worthy growth | L |
| We three to drink like six are not loth | M |
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| As here we see fair lads and lasses | N |
| But not a sign of oxen or asses | N |
| We know that we have gone astray | A |
| And so go further on our way | A |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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