Langley Bush. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGDGDHEHE| O Langley Bush the shepherd's sacred shade | A |
| Thy hollow trunk oft gain'd a look from me | B |
| Full many a journey o'er the heath I've made | A |
| For such like curious things I love to see | B |
| What truth the story of the swain allows | C |
| That tells of honours which thy young days knew | D |
| Of Langley Court being kept beneath thy boughs | C |
| I cannot tell thus much I know is true | D |
| That thou art reverenc'd even the rude clan | E |
| Of lawless gipsies driven from stage to stage | F |
| Pilfering the hedges of the husbandman | E |
| Spare thee as sacred in thy withering age | F |
| Both swains and gipsies seem to love thy name | G |
| Thy spot's a favourite with the sooty crew | D |
| And soon thou must depend on gipsy fame | G |
| Thy mouldering trunk is nearly rotten through | D |
| My last doubts murmur on the zephyr's swell | H |
| My last look lingers on thy boughs with pain | E |
| To thy declining age I bid farewel | H |
| Like old companions ne'er to meet again | E |
John Clare
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