Wanderlied Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDE FGFG| O WEST of all the westward roads that woo ye to their winding | A |
| O south of all the southward ways that call ye to the sea | B |
| There's a little lonely garden that would pay ye for the finding | A |
| With a fairy ring within it and an old thorn tree | B |
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| O there upon the brink of morn the thrushes would be calling | A |
| And the little lilting linnets sure they'd wake me from the dead | C |
| With the lime trees all in blossom and the soft leaf shadows falling | A |
| O there I'd have a place at last to lay my head | C |
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| O would I had a swallow's wings for then I'd fly and find it | D |
| O would I had a swallow's heart for then I'd love to roam | E |
| With an orchard on the hillside and an old old man to mind it | D |
| O there I'd lift my lodge at last and make my home | E |
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| O there I'd see the tide come in along the whispering reaches | F |
| O there I'd lie and watch the sails go shining to the west | G |
| And where the fir wood follows on the wide unswerving beaches | F |
| It's there I'd lay me down at last and take my rest | G |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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