Cradle Song Of The Cossack Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADED FGFHIDID ACJCKDLD LMAMCDKD LNLNCDMD OALAIDID| Slumber sweet my fairest baby | A |
| Slumber calmly sleep | B |
| Peaceful moonbeams light thy chamber | C |
| In thy cradle creep | B |
| I will tell to thee a story | A |
| Pure as dewdrop glow | D |
| Close those two beloved eyelids | E |
| Lullaby By low | D |
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| List The Terek o er its pebbles | F |
| Blusters through the vale | G |
| On its shores the little Khirgez | F |
| Whets his murdrous blade | H |
| Yet thy father grey in battle | I |
| Guards thee child of woe | D |
| Safely rest thee in thy cradle | I |
| Lullaby By low | D |
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| Grievous times will sure befall thee | A |
| Danger slaughterous fire | C |
| Thou shalt on a charger gallop | J |
| Curbing at desire | C |
| And a saddle girth all silken | K |
| Sadly I will sew | D |
| Slumber now my wide eyed darling | L |
| Lullaby By low | D |
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| When I see thee my own Being | L |
| As a Cossack true | M |
| Must I only convoy give thee | A |
| Mother dear adieu | M |
| Nightly in the empty chamber | C |
| Blinding tears will flow | D |
| Sleep my angel sweetest dear one | K |
| Lullaby By low | D |
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| Thy return I ll wait lamenting | L |
| As the days go by | N |
| Ardent for thee praying fearing | L |
| In the cards to spy | N |
| I shall fancy thou wilt suffer | C |
| As a stranger grow | D |
| Sleep while yet thou nought regrettest | M |
| Lullaby By low | D |
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| I will send a holy image | O |
| Gainst the foe with thee | A |
| To it kneeling dearest Being | L |
| Pray with piety | A |
| Think of me in bloody battle | I |
| Dearest child of woe | D |
| Slumber soft within thy cradle | I |
| Lullaby By low | D |
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov
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