Heather Bells. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAACAC DADADCDC DADADCDC EDEDFCFC CGCGHDHD ACACAAAA CCCCADAD ADADAAAA DCDCGCGC| Ye little flowrets wild an free | A |
| Yo're welcome aye as onny | B |
| Ther's but few seets 'at meet mi ee | A |
| 'At ivver seem as bonny | A |
| Th' furst gift 'at Lizzie gave to me | A |
| Wor a bunch o' bloomin heather | C |
| Shoo pluckt it off o'th' edge o'th' lea | A |
| Whear we'd been set together | C |
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| An when shoo put it i' mi hand | D |
| A silent tear wor wellin | A |
| Within her ee it fell to th' graand | D |
| A doleful stooary tellin | A |
| It is a little gift shoo sed | D |
| An sooin will fade an wither | C |
| Yet still befooar its bloom is shed | D |
| We two mun pairt for ivver | C |
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| I tried to cheer her trubbled mind | D |
| Wi' tender words endearin | A |
| An raand her neck mi arms entwined | D |
| But grief her breast wor tearin | A |
| Why should mi parents sell for gold | D |
| Ther dowter's life long pleasure | C |
| Noa charm 'at riches can unfold | D |
| Can match a true love's treasure | C |
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| But still aw mun obey ther will | E |
| It isn't reight to thwart it | D |
| But mi heart's love clings to thee still | E |
| An nowt but deeath can part it | D |
| Forgie me if aw cause a pang | F |
| Aw'll love thee as a brother | C |
| Mi heart is thine an oh its wrang | F |
| Mi hand to give another | C |
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| Think on me when theas fields grow bare | C |
| An cold winds kill the flowers | G |
| Ov bitterness they have a share | C |
| Their lot is like to awrs | G |
| An if aw'm doomed to pine away | H |
| Wi' pleasure's cup untasted | D |
| Just drop a tear aboon the clay | H |
| 'At hides a young life wasted | D |
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| Why should awr lot soa bitter be | A |
| Theas burds 'at sing together | C |
| When storms are commin off they flee | A |
| To lands ov sunny wreather | C |
| An nah when trubbles threaten thee | A |
| What should prevent thee gooin | A |
| An linkin on thi fate wi' me | A |
| Withaat thi parents knowin | A |
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| Tha knows my love is soa sincere | C |
| Noa risk can mak it falter | C |
| Soa put aside all daat an fear | C |
| An goa wi' me to th' altar | C |
| I' one month's time my wife tha'll be | A |
| Or less if tha'll but shorten it | D |
| Well then says Lizzy aw'll agree | A |
| Tha'st have me in a fortnit | D |
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| Shoo laft an cried aw laft as weel | A |
| Aw feear'd shoo did'nt meean it | D |
| But Lizzie proved as true as steel | A |
| Her fowk sed nowt ageean it | D |
| An who that wealthy chap could be | A |
| Aw nivver shall detarmin | A |
| For if aw ax shoo glints wi' glee | A |
| An says Thee mind thi farmin | A |
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| An soa aw till mi bit o' graand | D |
| An oft when aght together | C |
| I'th' cooil o'th' day we saunter raand | D |
| An pluck a sprig o' heather | C |
| Soa sweethearts nooat theas simple facts | G |
| An trust i' one another | C |
| A lass i' love ne'er stops to ax | G |
| Her fayther or her mother | C |
John Hartley
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