Still True To Nell. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD BEBEFBFB EGEHCCCC EIEIEFEF BJBJHKHL| Th' sun wor settin red an gold | A |
| Wi splendor paintin th' west | B |
| An purplin tints throo th' valley roll'd | A |
| As daan he sank to rest | B |
| Yet dayleet lingered looath to leeav | C |
| A world soa sweet an fair | D |
| Wol silent burds a pathway cleave | C |
| Throo th' still an slumb'rin air | D |
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| Aw stroll'd along a country rooad | B |
| Hedged in wi thorn an vine | E |
| Which wild flower scents an shadows broad | B |
| Converted to a shrine | E |
| As twileet's deeper curtains fell | F |
| Aw sat mi daan an sighed | B |
| Mi thowts went back to th' time when Nell | F |
| Had rambled bi mi side | B |
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| Aw seemed to hear her voice agean | E |
| Soft whisperin i' mi ear | G |
| Recallin things 'at once had been | E |
| When th' futur all wor clear | H |
| When love pure honest youthful love | C |
| Had left us nowt to crave | C |
| An fancies full ov bliss we wove | C |
| Alas Nell's in her grave | C |
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| Oh Nell I' that fair hooam ov thine | E |
| Whear all is breet an pure | I |
| Say is ther room for love like mine | E |
| Can earthborn love endure | I |
| Do angels' hearts past vows renew | E |
| To mortals here who dwell | F |
| It must be soa if my heart's true | E |
| Aw cannot daat thee Nell | F |
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| It's weel we cannot see beyond | B |
| That curtain Deeath lets fall | J |
| Lest cheerin hooaps an longins fond | B |
| Should be denied us all | J |
| Better to live i' hooap nor fear | H |
| 'Tis Mercy plan'd it soa | K |
| For if my Nelly isn't thear | H |
| Aw shouldn't care to goa | L |
John Hartley
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