The Crusader's Return Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHI JJKKLLMM NNLLGGO MMPPQQA| High deeds achieved of knightly fame | A |
| From Palestine the champion came | A |
| The cross upon his shoulders borne | B |
| Battle and blast had dimm'd and torn | B |
| Each dint upon his batter'd shield | C |
| Was token of a foughten field | C |
| And thus beneath his lady's bower | D |
| He sung as fell the twilight hour | D |
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| 'Joy to the fair thy knight behold | E |
| Return'd from yonder land of gold | E |
| No wealth he brings nor wealth can need | F |
| Save his good arms and battle steed | F |
| His spurs to dash against a foe | G |
| His lance and sword to lay him low | G |
| Such all the trophies of his toil | H |
| Such and the hope of Tekla's smile | I |
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| 'Joy to the fair whose constant knight | J |
| Her favour fired to feats of might | J |
| Unnoted shall she not remain | K |
| Where meet the bright and noble train | K |
| Minstrel shall sing and herald tell | L |
| 'Mark yonder maid of beauty well | L |
| 'Tis she for whose bright eyes were won | M |
| The listed field at Askalon | M |
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| ''Note well her smile it edged the blade | N |
| Which fifty wives to widows made | N |
| When vain his strength and Mahound's spell | L |
| Iconium's turban'd Soldan fell | L |
| Seest thou her locks whose sunny glow | G |
| Half shows half shades her neck of snow | G |
| Twines not of them one golden thread | O |
| But for its sake a Paynim bled ' | - |
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| 'Joy to the fair my name unknown | M |
| Each deed and all its praise thine own | M |
| Then oh unbar this churlish gate | P |
| The night dew falls the hour is late | P |
| Inured to Syria's glowing breath | Q |
| I feel the north breeze chill as death | Q |
| Let grateful love quell maiden shame | A |
| And grant him bliss who brings thee fame ' | - |
Sir Walter Scott
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