The Fair Hills Of Ireland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEEEF GCGCEEEF HCHCEEEF| From the Irish | A |
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| A plenteous place is Ireland for hospitable cheer | B |
| Uileacan dubh O | C |
| Where the wholesome fruit is bursting from the yellow barley ear | D |
| Uileacan dubh O | C |
| There is honey in the trees where her misty vales expand | E |
| And her forest paths in summer are by falling waters fann'd | E |
| There is dew at high noontide there and springs i' the yellow sand | E |
| On the fair hills of holy Ireland | F |
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| Curl'd he is and ringleted and plaited to the knee | G |
| Uileacan dubh O | C |
| Each captain who comes sailing across the Irish Sea | G |
| Uileacan dubh O | C |
| And I will make my journey if life and health but stand | E |
| Unto that pleasant country that fresh and fragrant strand | E |
| And leave your boasted braveries your wealth and high command | E |
| For the fair hills of holy Ireland | F |
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| Large and profitable are the stacks upon the ground | H |
| Uileacan dubh O | C |
| The butter and the cream do wondrously abound | H |
| Uileacan dubh O | C |
| The cresses on the water and the sorrels are at hand | E |
| And the cuckoo 's calling daily his note of music bland | E |
| And the bold thrush sings so bravely his song i' the forests grand | E |
| On the fair hills of holy Ireland | F |
Sir Samuel Ferguson
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