The Gardener's Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBB EFE CC GDGDHH| ALL day I have fed on lilied thoughts of her ' | A |
| The gardener's boy sang in Gethsemane | B |
| 'She is quick her garments make a lovely stir | C |
| Like the wind going in an almond tree | D |
| She is young she hath doves' eyes and like the vine | B |
| Her hands enclose me hers as she is mine | B |
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| 'She shall feed among the lilies where I am | E |
| Learning their silver names When evening grows | F |
| One bower shall hold me and my love my lamb | E |
| Which shall I clasp ' he sang 'her or the rose ' | - |
| When the palm shadow barred the juniper | C |
| He lay at last to sleep and dream of her | C |
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| He saw not those who came when night was deep | G |
| Up from the city walking hastily | D |
| One seemed a strong man wan for fear and sleep | G |
| One bore a lantern One moved stumblingly | D |
| The gardener's boy dreamed on the sunburned sod | H |
| Smiling beside the agony of God | H |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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