Th' Owd, Owd Story. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAC ADADAAAA EFEFAGAG AHAHHIHI JHKHALAL| It wor th' owd owd story he towd her | A |
| Th' story 'at's owder nor time | B |
| Nowt ivver chap whisper'd wor owder | A |
| Nowt ivver soa grand an sublime | B |
| For man nivver towd ither story | A |
| Soa chock full ov magic as this | C |
| For it shraaded th' young chaps i' glory | A |
| An' filled her 'at listened wi' bliss | C |
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| Th' story had wrought sich a wonder | A |
| Noa ither tale ivver has done | D |
| Two hearts that afooar wor assunder | A |
| Wor knit i' a crack into one | D |
| An' still he kept tellin' her th' story | A |
| Which mooar an' mooar wonderful grew | A |
| Soa oft its been tell'd its grown hoary | A |
| But shoo could hav sworn it wor new | A |
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| Shoo thowt of th' angels above 'em | E |
| Wor jealous o' her an' him then | F |
| For angels has noa chaps to love 'em | E |
| Love's nobbut for wimmin an' men | F |
| But th' love i' her heart ovvercame her | A |
| An' shoo pitied th' whole angel thrang | G |
| Aw know what love is an' dooant blame her | A |
| An' aw dooant think her pity wor wrang | G |
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| Th' story wor towd an' for ever | A |
| It wor noa gurt shakes what might befall | H |
| Nowt but deeath these two hearts could sever | A |
| An' that nobbut partly net awl | H |
| For love like one's soul is immortal | H |
| If its love it wont vanish away | I |
| Its birth wor inside o' th' breet portal | H |
| Ov Eden it knows noa decay | I |
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| Sin' then it has lived on while th' ages | J |
| Has rowled on wi' uniform flow | H |
| As young an as fresh as when sages | K |
| Towd ther sweethearts it cent'ries ago | H |
| An' chaps 'll be tellin th' story | A |
| Th' breet owd owd story ov love | L |
| When time an' love fade inter th' glory | A |
| 'At streams thro' th' manshuns above | L |
John Hartley
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