Rosa Rea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDF GFGF HIJI KLKL MDND MOGO DOPO EQRQ STST UOGO GOGO FVNW RRXF| The following was suggested by a sweet little | A |
| lyric entitled 'Resolution ' translated from the | B |
| German of Uhland | C |
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| THE sun is in the western sky | D |
| And thro' the barley she | E |
| Comes she the apple of my eye | D |
| The rose cheeked Rosa Rea | F |
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| Away I slink the maid to meet | G |
| As if I went away | F |
| Alone to please a pair of feet | G |
| Resolved to go astray | F |
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| I whistle as I go tho' what | H |
| I cannot tell but know | I |
| Right well my heart goes pit a pat | J |
| With every note I blow | I |
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| Anon I silent as the path | K |
| Whereon I tread become | L |
| The power to blow my whistle hath | K |
| Ta'en wing and left me dumb | L |
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| The lark's loud lilt so bright and clear | M |
| Is ringing in the sky | D |
| A dearer tune I hear I hear | N |
| Two little feet draw nigh | D |
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| Two feet I hear approaching near | M |
| Abashed I hing my head | O |
| Two little feet a hornpipe beat | G |
| Or isn't my heart instead | O |
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| A floweret I of scarlet dye | D |
| Espy as on I tread | O |
| The maid who trips this way hath lips | P |
| Two lips of richer red | O |
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| A floweret I hard by espy | E |
| A gem of azure hue | Q |
| The maid who hies this way hath eyes | R |
| Two eyes of sweeter blue | Q |
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| Those tiny blooms my heart might steal | S |
| Did not a spell profound | T |
| Now gar my mortal reason reel | S |
| Or gar the world go round | T |
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| My senses swim my sight grows dim | U |
| A near more near her tread | O |
| Her little feet a hornpipe beat | G |
| Or isn't my heart instead | O |
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| Ah am I moving on my feet | G |
| Or am I on my head | O |
| Do airy dreams my senses cheat | G |
| Am I alive or dead | O |
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| Not dead away that notion nay | F |
| Not in a dream I move | V |
| Lo in the clear bright pool I hear | N |
| I see my own dear love | W |
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| She nears appears a blink uprears | R |
| My head O joy ah see | R |
| Till night's o'erhead locked hand in hand | X |
| Stand I and Rosa Rea | F |
Joseph Skipsey
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