The Counsellors Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBDEFGBBBBHGAIADJ KJLBMBNJBOPOBQCQRBSB TQABUBBFVDABWHBD| AS I went a walking | A |
| Through the Morning Land | B |
| Up came Folly | C |
| And took me by the hand | B |
| Garbed in velvet doublet | B |
| Clad in silken hose | D |
| Bells on his droll cap | E |
| Bells on his clothes | F |
| Bells on his shoulders | G |
| Bells round his waist | B |
| Tinkled as he shouted | B |
| 'Haste brother haste | B |
| Youth's a thing that never will be missed | B |
| Till it's gone gone for ever like the dew from the rose ' | H |
| Sparkled all the waters | G |
| Sparkled everything | A |
| Dew on the petal | I |
| Dew on the wing | A |
| Dew on the meadows | D |
| Dew in the air | J |
| Dew on the tall trees | K |
| Dew everywhere | J |
| Dew on the fine web | L |
| Gemming each part | B |
| Dew on the red mouth | M |
| Dew in the heart | B |
| Toil's a thing that never heart will crave | N |
| In the sweet sweet morning and the dew time rare | J |
| Song and jest I gathered | B |
| Strolling up and down | O |
| Talk o' the tavern | P |
| And gossip of the town | O |
| Storing in my wallet | B |
| Careless of the throng | Q |
| Coin of golden fancy | C |
| Coin of silver song | Q |
| Gems of jovial friendship | R |
| Keepsakes manifold | B |
| Pearls that never gem smith | S |
| Set in filmy gold | B |
| Wealth's a witch that loses half her lure | T |
| When the blood runs red and the pulse beats strong | Q |
| As I went a walking | A |
| Through the moonlit land | B |
| Up came Prudence | U |
| And took me by the hand | B |
| Solemn was her aspect | B |
| Sober her clothes | F |
| Cruel her questions | V |
| Hinting chilly woes | D |
| 'Where be you a going | A |
| What have you to eat | B |
| Where's your wood and water | W |
| Where's your bread and meat ' | H |
| Youth's a thing that never will be missed | B |
| Till it's gone gone for ever like the dew from the rose | D |
Roderic Quinn
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