Poet Padraic Colum

Padraic Colum

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A Drover Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH HJKJ ALML NOPO JCQC CCRR OORR

To meath of the pasturesA
From wet hills by the seaB
Through Leitrim and LongfordC
Go my cattle and meB
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I hear in the darknessD
Their slipping and breathingE
I name them the bye waysF
They're to pass without heedingE
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Then the wet winding roadsG
Brown bogs with black waterH
And my thoughts on white shipsI
And the King o' Spain's daughterH
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O farmer strong farmerH
You can spend at the fairJ
But your face you must turnK
To your crops and your careJ
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And soldiers red soldiersA
You've seen many landsL
But you walk two by twoM
And by captain's commandsL
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O the smell of the beastsN
The wet wind in the mornO
And the proud and hard earthP
Never broken for cornO
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And the crowds at the fairJ
The herds loosened and blindC
Loud words and dark facesQ
And the wild blood behindC
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O strong men with your bestC
I would strive breast to breastC
I could quiet your herdsR
With my words with my wordsR
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I will bring you my kineO
Where there's grass to the kneeO
But you'll think of scant croppingsR
Harsh with salt of the seaR

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