A May-day Madrigal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EECC| The sun shines fair on Tweedside the river flowing bright | A |
| Your heart is full of pleasure your eyes are full of light | A |
| Your cheeks are like the morning your pearls are like the dew | B |
| Or morning and her dew drops are like your pearls and you | B |
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| Because you are a princess a princess of the land | C |
| You will not turn your lightsome eyes a moment where I stand | C |
| A poor unnoticed poet a making of his rhymes | D |
| But I have found a mistress more fair a thousand times | D |
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| Tis May the elfish maiden the daughter of the Spring | E |
| Upon whose birthday morning the birds delight to sing | E |
| They would not sing one note for you if you should so command | C |
| Although you are a princess a princess of the land | C |
Robert Fuller Murray
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