Maryette Myers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBAA CDAA DDAA EFAA GHAA IIAA| Air Lily of the West | A |
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| Come all you sympathizing friends wherever you may be | B |
| I pray you pay attention and listen unto me | B |
| For it's of a fair young lady she died she went to rest | A |
| She was called handsome Maryette the lily of the west | A |
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| Her name was Maryette Myers and her age I do not know | C |
| Her cheeks were red as roses her eyes were black as sloes | D |
| She was loved by all surrounding friends and some that loved her best | A |
| They called her handsome Maryette the lily of the west | A |
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| She was a fair young damsel as ever you wish to see | D |
| And in the circle of her friends they miss her company | D |
| They miss the merry laughter of that loved one gone to rest | A |
| They called her handsome Maryette the lily of the west | A |
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| She was before the looking glass poor girl her hair to comb | E |
| She was taken blind she nearly fell she only gave a moan | F |
| Her friends they caught her in their arms and laid her down to rest | A |
| She was the handsome Maryette the lily of the west | A |
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| She was away from home and her mother dear had come | G |
| To see her darling daughter her dear loving one | H |
| She left a true lover a lover with the rest | A |
| That loved this handsome Maryette the lily of the west | A |
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| She was buried on her wedding day these words a friend gave | I |
| Her lover went as a mourner a mourner to her grave | I |
| His name was Forest Dilly a young man over west | A |
| He loved this handsome Maryette the lily of the west | A |
Julia Ann Moore
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