April On Waggon Hill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EEEECFCF CGCGHIHI JKJKCLCLLad and can you rest now | A |
There beneath your hill | B |
Your hands are on your breast now | A |
But is your heart so still | B |
'Twas the right death to die lad | C |
A gift without regret | D |
But unless truth's a lie lad | C |
You dream of Devon yet | D |
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Ay ay the year's awaking | E |
The fire's among the ling | E |
The beechen hedge is breaking | E |
The curlew's on the wing | E |
Primroses are out lad | C |
On the high banks of Lee | F |
And the sun stirs the trout lad | C |
From Brendon to the sea | F |
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I know what's in your heart lad | C |
The mare he used to hunt | G |
And her blue market cart lad | C |
With posies tied in front | G |
We miss them from the moor road | H |
They're getting old to roam | I |
The road they're on's a sure road | H |
And nearer lad to home | I |
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Your name the name they cherish | J |
'Twill fade lad 'tis true | K |
But stone and all may perish | J |
With little loss to you | K |
While fame's fame you're Devon lad | C |
The Glory of the West | L |
Till the roll's called in heaven lad | C |
You may well take your rest | L |
Sir Henry Newbolt
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