The Lovers Of Marchaid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DDD EFGH III JKJ LLL JMJ NNN| Dominic came riding down sworded straight and splendid | A |
| Drave his hilt against her door flung a golden chain | B |
| Said 'I'll teach your lips a song sweet as his that's ended | A |
| Ere the white rose call the bee the almond flower again ' | C |
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| But he only saw her head bent within the gloom | D |
| Over heaps of bridal thread bright as apple bloom | D |
| Silver silk like rain that spread across the driving loom | D |
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| Dreaming Fanch the cobbler's son took his tools and laces | E |
| Wrought her shoes of scarlet dye shoes as pale as snow | F |
| 'They shall lead her wildrose feet all the fairy paces | G |
| Danced along the road of love the road such feet should go' | H |
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| But he only saw her eyes turning from his gift | I |
| Out towards the silver skies where the white clouds drift | I |
| Where the wild gerfalcon flies where the last sails lift | I |
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| Bran has built his homestead high where the hills may shield her | J |
| Where the young bird waits the spring where the dawns are fair | K |
| Said 'I'll name my trees for her since I may not yield her | J |
| Stars of morning for her feet of evening for her hair ' | - |
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| But he did not see them ride seven dim sail and more | L |
| All along the harbor side white from shore to shore | L |
| Nor heard the voices of the tide crying at her door | L |
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| Jean Marie has touched his pipe down beside the river | J |
| When the young fox bends the fern when the folds are still | M |
| Said 'I send her all the gifts that my love may give her | J |
| Golden notes like golden birds to seek her at my will ' | - |
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| But he only found the waves heard the sea gull's cry | N |
| In and out the ocean caves underneath the sky | N |
| All above the wind washed graves where dead seamen lie | N |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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