King Arthur's Waes-hael Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF CGCGEE HIHIJJ| Waes hael for knight and dame | A |
| O merry be their dole | B |
| Drink hael in Jesu's name | A |
| We fill the tawny bowl | B |
| But cover down the curving crest | C |
| Mould of the Orient Lady's breast | C |
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| Waes hael yet lift no lid | D |
| Drain ye the reeds for wine | E |
| Drink hael the milk was hid | D |
| That soothed that Babe divine | E |
| Hush'd as this hollow channel flows | F |
| He drew the balsam from the rose | F |
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| Waes hael thus glow'd the breast | C |
| Where a God yearn'd to cling | G |
| Drink hael so Jesu press'd | C |
| Life from its mystic spring | G |
| Then hush and bend in reverent sign | E |
| And breathe the thrilling reeds for wine | E |
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| Waes hael in shadowy scene | H |
| Lo Christmas children we | I |
| Drink hael behold we lean | H |
| At a far Mother's knee | I |
| To dream that thus her bosom smiled | J |
| And learn the lip of Bethlehem's Child | J |
Robert Stephen Hawker
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