Poet Padraic Colum

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Queen Gormlai Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GCHCCIJI KLGLKKFK KMLNGOPO LQRQSECE KKJKKTQT

NOT fingers that e'er feltA
Fine things within their holdB
Drew needles in and throughC
And smoothed out the foldB
And put the hodden patchD
Upon the patch of greyE
Unseemly is the garbF
That's for my back to dayE
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O skinflint woman MorG
Who knows that I speak trueC
I had women onceH
A queen's retinueC
And they were ones who knewC
The raiment of a queenI
Their thoughts were on my tireJ
Their minds were on my mienI
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Light of hand and aptK
And companionableL
Seven score women MorG
I had at my callL
Who am to day begrudgedK
The blink of candle lightK
To put it on the garbF
That leaves me misbedightK
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I wore a blue Norse hoodK
The time I watched the turnsM
And feats of Clann O'NeillL
We quaffed from goblet hornsN
A crimson cloak I woreG
When with Niall the KingO
I watched the horses raceP
At Limerick in the SpringO
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In Tara of King NiallL
The gold was round the wineQ
And I was given the cupR
A furze bright dress was mineQ
And now this clout to wearS
Where I rise to sup wheyE
With root like stitches throughC
The hodden on the greyE
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No more upon the boardK
Candles for kings are litK
No more can I bid herJ
And her bring gowning fitK
The bramble is no friendK
It pulls at me and dragsT
The thorny ground is mineQ
Where briars tear my ragsT

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