The Elleree.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBBBDDDC BCEEBFGGC HIHIJKKKJ| A SONG OF SECOND SIGHT | A |
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| Elleree O Elleree | B |
| Seeing what none else may see | C |
| Dost thou see the man in grey | B |
| Dost thou hear the night hounds bay | B |
| Elleree O Elleree | B |
| Seventh son of seventh son | D |
| All thy thread of life is spun | D |
| Thy little race is nearly run | D |
| And death awaits for thee | C |
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| Elleree O Elleree | B |
| Coronach shall wail for thee | C |
| Get thee shrived and get thee blest | E |
| Get thee ready for thy rest | E |
| Elleree O Elleree | B |
| That thou owest quickly give | F |
| What thou ownest thou must leave | G |
| And those thou lovest best shall grieve | G |
| But all in vain for thee | C |
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| Bodach Glas the chieftain said | H |
| All my debts but one are paid | I |
| All I love have long been dead | H |
| All my hopes on Heaven are stay'd | I |
| Death to me can bring no dole | J |
| Thus the Elleree replied | K |
| But with ebbing of the tide | K |
| As sinks the setting sun he died | K |
| May Christ receive his soul | J |
Juliana Horatia Ewing
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