The Reiver's Wedding Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAC ADE FGH AIAJ KALA EMEM ILIL ANAN AOPO ALA QLQL ELR ASAN A AL ATAD ULUV DADA AWAW LXLX L LP ALA ELEL AYAZ

O will ye hear a mirthful bourdA
Or will ye hear of courtesieB
Or will ye hear how a gallant lordA
Was wedded to a gay ladyeC
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'Ca' out the kye ' quo' the village herdA
As he stood on the knoweD
'Ca' this ane's nine and that ane's tenE
And bauld Lord William's cow '-
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'I swear by the light of the Michaelmas moonF
And the might of Mary highG
And by the edge of my braidsword brownH
They shall soon say Harden's kye '-
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He took a bugle frae his sideA
With names carved o'er and o'erI
Full many a chief of meikle prideA
That Border bugle boreJ
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He blew a note baith sharp and hieK
Till rock and water rang aroundA
Three score of moss troopers and threeL
Have mounted at that bugle soundA
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The Michaelmas moon had enter'd thenE
And ere she wan the fullM
Ye might see by her light in Harden glenE
A bow o' kye and a bassen'd bullM
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And loud and loud in Harden towerI
The quaigh gaed round wi' meikle gleeL
For the English beef was brought in bowerI
And the English ale flow'd merrilieL
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And mony a guest from TeviotsideA
And Yarrow's Braes was thereN
Was never a lord in Scotland wideA
That made more dainty fareN
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They ate they laugh'd they sang and quaff'dA
Till nought on board was seenO
When knight and squire were boune to dineP
But a spur of silver sheenO
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Lord William has ta'en his berry brown steedA
A sore shent man was heL
'Wait he my guests a little speedA
Weel feasted ye shall be '-
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He rode him down by Falsehope burnQ
His cousin dear to seeL
With him to take a riding turnQ
Wat draw the sword was heL
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And when he came to Falsehope glenE
Beneath the trysting treeL
On the smooth green was carved plainR
'To Lochwood bound are we '-
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'O if they be gane to dark LochwoodA
To drive the Warden's gearS
Betwixt our names I ween there's feudA
I'll go and have my shareN
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'For little reck I for Johnstone's feudA
The Warden though he be '-
So Lord William is away to dark LochwoodA
With riders barely threeL
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The Warden's daughters in Lochwood sateA
Were all both fair and gayT
All save the Lady MargaretA
And she was wan and waeD
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The sister Jean had a full fair skinU
And Grace was bauld and brawL
But the leal fast heart her breast withinU
It weel was worth them a'V
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Her father's pranked her sisters twaD
With meikle joy and prideA
But Margaret maun seek Dundrennan's wa'D
She ne'er can be a brideA
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On spear and casque by gallants gentA
Her sisters' scarfs were borneW
But never at tilt or tournamentA
Were Margaret's colours wornW
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Her sisters rode to Thirlstane bowerL
But she was left at hameX
To wander round the gloomy towerL
And sigh young Harden's nameX
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'Of all the knights the knight most fairL
From Yarrow to the Tyne '-
Soft sigh'd the maid 'is Harden's heirL
But ne'er can he be mineP
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'Of all the maids the foulest maidA
From Teviot to the DeeL
Ah ' sighing sad that lady saidA
'Can ne'er young Harden's be '-
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She looked up the briery glenE
And up the mossy braeL
And she saw a score of her father's menE
Yclad in the Johnstone greyL
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O fast and fast they downwards spedA
The moss and briers amongY
And in the midst the troopers ledA
A shackled knight alongZ

Sir Walter Scott



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