Kallundborg Church ( From The Tent On The Beach) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABC DDEE BBFF DDEE GGEE HHII JKEE LLMM NNEE OKPP EEQQ RREE NNBB SSBB BBBB DDFF BBRR BBTT UUVV JKEE BBVV IIFF WWEE| Tie stille barn min | A |
| Imorgen kommer Fin | A |
| Fa'er din | A |
| Og gi'er dich Esbern Snares ine og hjerte at lege med | B |
| Zealand Rhyme | C |
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| BUILD at Kallundborg by the sea | D |
| A church as stately as church may be | D |
| And there shalt thou wed my daughter fair | E |
| Said the Lord of Nesvek to Esbern Snare | E |
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| And the Baron laughed But Esbern said | B |
| Though I lose my soul I will Helva wed | B |
| And off he strode in his pride of will | F |
| To the Troll who dwelt in Ulshoi hill | F |
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| Build O Troll a church for me | D |
| At Kallundborg by the mighty sea | D |
| Build it stately and build it fair | E |
| Build it quickly said Esbern Snare | E |
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| But the sly Dwarf said No work is wrought | G |
| By Trolls of the Hills O man for naught | G |
| What wilt thou give for thy church so fair | E |
| Set thy own price quoth Esbern Snare | E |
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| When Kallundborg church is builded well | H |
| Thou must the name of its builder tell | H |
| Or thy heart and thy eyes must be my boon | I |
| Build said Esbern and build it soon | I |
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| By night and by day the Troll wrought on | J |
| He hewed the timbers he piled the stone | K |
| But day by day as the walls rose fair | E |
| Darker and sadder grew Esbern Snare | E |
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| He listened by night he watched by day | L |
| He sought and thought but he dared not pray | L |
| In vain he called on the Elle maids shy | M |
| And the Neck and the Nis gave no reply | M |
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| Of his evil bargain far and wide | N |
| A rumor ran through the country side | N |
| And Helva of Nesvek young and fair | E |
| Prayed for the soul of Esbern Snare | E |
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| And now the church was wellnigh done | O |
| One pillar it lacked and one alone | K |
| And the grim Troll muttered Fool thou art | P |
| To morrow gives me thy eyes and heart | P |
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| By Kallundborg in black despair | E |
| Through wood and meadow walked Esbern Snare | E |
| Till worn and weary the strong man sank | Q |
| Under the birches on Ulshoi bank | Q |
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| At his last day's work he heard the Troll | R |
| Hammer and delve in the quarry's hole | R |
| Before him the church stood large and fair | E |
| I have builded my tomb said Esbern Snare | E |
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| And he closed his eyes the sight to hide | N |
| When he heard a light step at his side | N |
| O Esbern Snare a sweet voice said | B |
| Would I might die now in thy stead | B |
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| With a grasp by love and by fear made strong | S |
| He held her fast and he held her long | S |
| With the beating heart of a bird afeard | B |
| She hid her face in his flame red beard | B |
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| O love he cried let me look to day | B |
| In thine eyes ere mine are plucked away | B |
| Let me hold thee close let me feel thy heart | B |
| Ere mine by the Troll is torn apart | B |
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| I sinned O Helva for love of thee | D |
| Pray that the Lord Christ pardon me | D |
| But fast as she prayed and faster still | F |
| Hammered the Troll in Ulshoi hill | F |
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| He knew as he wrought that a loving heart | B |
| Was somehow baffling his evil art | B |
| For more than spell of Elf or Troll | R |
| Is a maiden's prayer for her lover's soul | R |
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| And Esbern listened and caught the sound | B |
| Of a Troll wife singing underground | B |
| To morrow comes Fine father thine | T |
| Lie still and hush thee baby mine | T |
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| Lie still my darling next sunrise | U |
| Thou'lt play with Esbern Snare's heart and eyes | U |
| Ho ho quoth Esbern is that your game | V |
| Thanks to the Troll wife I know his name | V |
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| The Troll he heard him and hurried on | J |
| To Kallundborg church with the lacking stone | K |
| Too late Gaffer Fine cried Esbern Snare | E |
| And Troll and pillar vanished in air | E |
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| That night the harvesters heard the sound | B |
| Of a woman sobbing underground | B |
| And the voice of the Hill Troll loud with blame | V |
| Of the careless singer who told his name | V |
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| Of the Troll of the Church they sing the rune | I |
| By the Northern Sea in the harvest moon | I |
| And the fishers of Zealand hear him still | F |
| Scolding his wife in Ulshoi hill | F |
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| And seaward over its groves of birch | W |
| Still looks the tower of Kallundborg church | W |
| Where first at its altar a wedded pair | E |
| Stood Helva of Nesvek and Esbern Snare | E |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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