In Praise Of May (ascribed To Fionn Mac Cumhaill.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG IJKL DMNM OPQP ARHR STUT FAVA| May day delightful day | A |
| Bright colours play the value along | B |
| Now wakes at morning's slender ray | A |
| Wild and gay the blackbird's song | B |
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| Now comes the bird of dusty hue | C |
| The loud cuckoo the summer lover | D |
| Branchy trees are thick with leaves | E |
| The bitter evil time is over | D |
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| Swift horses gather nigh | F |
| Where half dry the river goes | G |
| Tufted heather clothes the height | H |
| Weak and white the bogdown blows | G |
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| Corncrake sings from eve to morn | I |
| Deep in corn a strenuous bard | J |
| Sings the virgin waterfall | K |
| White and tall her one sweet word | L |
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| Loaded bees with puny power | D |
| Goodly flower harvest win | M |
| Cattle roam with muddy flanks | N |
| Busy ants go out and in | M |
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| Through the wild harp of the wood | O |
| Making music roars the gale | P |
| Now it settles without motion | Q |
| On the ocean sleeps the sail | P |
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| Men grow mighty in the May | A |
| Proud and gay the maidens grow | R |
| Fair is every wooded height | H |
| Fair and bright the plain below | R |
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| A bright shaft has smit the streams | S |
| With gold gleams the water flag | T |
| Leaps the fish and on the hills | U |
| Ardor thrills the leaping stag | T |
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| Loudly carols the lark on high | F |
| Small and shy his tireless lay | A |
| Singing in wildest merriest mood | V |
| Delicate hued delightful May | A |
T. W. Rolleston
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