The Looking-glass (a Country Dance) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCA DDEEEF A GGEEEF A HHEEEF A IIJKFEEF| Queen Bess was Harry's daughter Stand forward partners all | A |
| In ruff and stomacher and gown | B |
| She danced King Philip down a down | B |
| And left her shoe to show 'twas true | C |
| The very tune I'm playing you | C |
| In Norgem at Brickwall | A |
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| The Queen was in her chamber and she was middling old | D |
| Her petticoat was satin and her stomacher was gold | D |
| Backward and forward and sideways did she pass | E |
| Making up her mind to face the cruel looking glass | E |
| The cruel looking glass that will never show a lass | E |
| As comely or as kindly or as young as what she was | F |
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| Queen Bess was Harry's daughter Now hand your partners all | A |
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| The Queen was in her chamber a combing of her hair | G |
| There came Queen Mary's spirit and It stood behind her chair | G |
| Singing Backward and forward and sideways may you pass | E |
| But I will stand behind you till you face the looking glass | E |
| The cruel looking glass that will never show a lass | E |
| As lovely or unlucky or as lonely as I was | F |
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| Queen Bess was Harry's daughter Now turn your partners all | A |
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| The Queen was in her chamber a weeping very sore | H |
| There came Lord Leicester's spirit and It scratched upon the door | H |
| Singing Backward and forward and sideways may you pass | E |
| But I will walk beside you till you face the looking glass | E |
| The cruel looking glass that will never show a lass | E |
| As hard and unforgiving or as wicked as you was | F |
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| Queen Bess was Harry's daughter Now kiss your partners all | A |
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| The Queen was in her chamber her sins were on her head | I |
| She looked the spirits up and down and statelily she said | I |
| Backward and forward and sideways though I've been | J |
| Yet I am Harry's daughter and I am England's Queen | K |
| And she faced the looking glass and whatever else there was | F |
| And she saw her day was over and she saw her beauty pass | E |
| In the cruel looking glass that can always hurt a lass | E |
| More hard than any ghost there is or any man there was | F |
Rudyard Kipling
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