Lament Of The Irish Emigrant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEAE AFGFHIJI KLAGAMNM AOPOABQB ARSTUQVQ WXYXZA2AA2 B2C2D2C2E2YF2Y G2H2FH2WBI2B| I'm sittin' on the stile Mary | A |
| Where we sat side by side | B |
| On a bright May mornin' long ago | C |
| When first you were my bride | B |
| The corn was springin' fresh and green | D |
| And the lark sang loud and high | E |
| And the red was on your lip Mary | A |
| And the love light in your eye | E |
| - | |
| The place is little changed Mary | A |
| The day is bright as then | F |
| The lark's loud song is in my ear | G |
| And the corn is green again | F |
| But I miss the soft clasp of your hand | H |
| And your breath warm on my cheek | I |
| And I still keep list'ning for the words | J |
| You never more will speak | I |
| - | |
| 'Tis but a step down yonder lane | K |
| And the little church stands near | L |
| The church where we were wed Mary | A |
| I see the spire from here | G |
| But the graveyard lies between Mary | A |
| And my step might break your rest | M |
| For I've laid you darling down to sleep | N |
| With your baby on your breast | M |
| - | |
| I'm very lonely now Mary | A |
| For the poor make no new friends | O |
| But O they love the better still | P |
| The few our Father sends | O |
| And you were all I had Mary | A |
| My blessin' and my pride | B |
| There 's nothin' left to care for now | Q |
| Since my poor Mary died | B |
| - | |
| Yours was the good brave heart Mary | A |
| That still kept hoping on | R |
| When the trust in God had left my soul | S |
| And my arm's young strength was gone | T |
| There was comfort ever on your lip | U |
| And the kind look on your brow | Q |
| I bless you Mary for that same | V |
| Though you cannot hear me now | Q |
| - | |
| I thank you for the patient smile | W |
| When your heart was fit to break | X |
| When the hunger pain was gnawin' there | Y |
| And you hid it for my sake | X |
| I bless you for the pleasant word | Z |
| When your heart was sad and sore | A2 |
| O I'm thankful you are gone Mary | A |
| Where grief can't reach you more | A2 |
| - | |
| I'm biddin' you a long farewell | B2 |
| My Mary kind and true | C2 |
| But I'll not forget you darling | D2 |
| In the land I'm goin' to | C2 |
| They say there 's bread and work for all | E2 |
| And the sun shines always there | Y |
| But I'll not forget old Ireland | F2 |
| Were it fifty times as fair | Y |
| - | |
| And often in those grand old woods | G2 |
| I'll sit and shut my eyes | H2 |
| And my heart will travel back again | F |
| To the place where Mary lies | H2 |
| And I'll think I see the little stile | W |
| Where we sat side by side | B |
| And the springin' corn and the bright May morn | I2 |
| When first you were my bride | B |
Lady Dufferin, Helen Selina Sheridan
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