Jonquil And Fleur-de-lys Poem Rhyme Scheme

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i	A
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Jonquil was a shepherd lad	B
White he was as the curded cream	C
Hair like the buttercups he had	B
And wet green eyes like a full chalk stream	C
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ii	A
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His teeth were as white as the stones that lie	A
Down in the depths of the sun bright river	D
And his lashes danced like a dragon fly	A
With drops on the gauzy wings that quiver	D
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iii	A
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His lips were as red as round ripe cherries	E
And his delicate cheek's and his rose pink neck	F
Were stained with the colour of dog rose berries	E
When they lie on the snow like a crimson fleck	F
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iv	-
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His feet were all stained with the cowslips and grass	G
To amber and verdigris	G
And through his folds one day did pass	G
The young prince Fleur de lys	G
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v	-
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Fleur de lys was the son of the king	H
He was as white as an onyx stone	I
His hair was curled like a daffodil ring	H
And his eyes were like gems in the queen's blue zone	I
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vi	-
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His teeth were as white as the white pearls set	J
Round the thick white throat of the queen in the hall	K
And his lashes were like the dark silk net	J
That she binds her yellow hair withal	K
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vii	-
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His lips were as red as the red rubies	G
The king's bright dagger hilt that deck	F
And pale rose pink as the amethyst is	G
Were his delicate cheeks and his rose pink neck	F
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viii	-
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His feet were all shod in shoes of gold	L
And his coat was as gold as a blackbird's bill is	G
With jewel on jewel manifold	L
And wrought with a pattern of golden lilies	G
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ix	G
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When Fleur de lys espied Jonquil	K
He was as glad as a bird in May	M
He tripped right swiftly a down the hill	K
And called to the shepherd boy to play	M
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x	G
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This fell out ere the sheep shearing	H
That these two lads did sport and toy	N
Fleur de lys the son of the king	H
And sweet Jonquil the shepherd boy	N
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xi	G
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And after they had played awhile	K
Thereafter they to talking fell	K
And full an hour they did beguile	K
While each his state and lot did tell	K
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xii	G
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For Jonquil spake of the little sheep	O
And the tender ewes that know their names	G
And he spake of his wattled hut for sleep	O
And the country sports and the shepherds' games	G
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xiii	G
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And he plucked a reed from the edge that girds	G
The river bank and with his knife	-
Made a pipe with a breath like the singing birds	G
When they flute to their loves in a musical strife	-
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xiv	-
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And he told of the night so long and still	K
When he lay awake till he heard the feet	P
Of the goat foot god coming over the hill	K
And the rustling sound as he passed through the wheat	P
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xv	-
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And Fleur de lys told of the king and the court	Q
And the stately dames and the slender pages	G
Of his horse and his hawk and his mimic fort	Q
And the silent birds in their golden cages	G
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xvi	-
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And the jewelled sword with the damask blade	R
That should be his in his fifteenth spring	H
And the silver sound that the gold horns made	R
And the tourney lists and the tilting ring	H
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xvii	-
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And after that they did devise	G
For mirth and sport that each should wear	S
The other's clothes and in this guise	G
Make play each other's parts to bear	S
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xviii	-
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Whereon they stripped off all their clothes	G
And when they stood up in the sun	T
They were as like as one white rose	G
On one green stalk to another one	T
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xix	G
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And when Jonquil as a prince was shown	I
And Fleur de lys as a shepherd lad	B
Their mothers' selves would not have known	I
That each the other's habit had	B
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xx	G
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And Jonquil walked like the son of a king	H
With dainty steps and proud haut look	U
And Fleur de lys that sweet youngling	U
Did push and paddle his feet in the brook	U
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xxi	G
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And while they made play in this wise	G
Unto them all in haste did run	T
Two lords of the court with joyful cries	G
That long had sought the young king's son	T
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xxii	G
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And to Jonquil they reverence made	R
And said ' My lord we are come from the king	U
Who is sore vexed that thou hast strayed	R
So far without a following '	-
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xxiii	G
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Then unto them said Fleur de lys	G
' You do mistake my lords for know	V
That I am the son of the king and this	G
Is sweet Jonquil my playfellow '	-
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xxiv	-
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Whereat one of these lords replied	W
' Thou lying knave I'll make thee rue	X
Such saucy words ' But Jonquil cried	W
' Nay nay my lord 'tis even true '	-
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xxv	-
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Whereat these lords were sore distressed	Y
And one made answer bending knee	G
' My lord the prince is pleased to jest '	-
But Jonquil answered ' Thou shalt see '	-
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xxvi	-
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Sure never yet so strange a thing	U
As this before was seen	Z
That a shepherd was thought the son of a king	U
And a prince a shepherd boy to have been	A2
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xxvii	-
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' Now mark me well my noble lord	B2
A shepherd's feet go bare and cold	L
Therefore they are all green from the sward	B2
And the buttercup makes a stain of gold	L
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xxviii	-
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' That I am Jonquil thus thou shalt know	V
And that this be very Fleur de lys	G
If his feet be like the driven snow	V
And mine like the amber and verdigris '	-
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xxix	G
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He lifted up the shepherd's frock	U
That clothed the prince and straight did show	V
That his naked feet all under his smock	U
Were whiter than the driven snow	V
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xxx	G
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He doffed the shoes and the clothes of silk	U
That he had gotten from Fleur de lys	G
And all the rest was as white as milk	U
But his feet were like amber and verdigris	G
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xxxi	G
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With that they each took back his own	I
And when his second change was done	T
As a shepherd boy was Jonquil shown	I
And Fleur de lys the king's true son	T
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xxxii	G
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By this the sun was low in the heaven	T
And Fleur de lys must ride away	M
But ere he left with kisses seven	T
He vowed to come another day	M