John O'dwyer Of The Glen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CCCB CCCB DDDE CCCF CCCF GGGH CCCI| Blithe the bright dawn found me | A |
| Rest with strength had crown'd me | A |
| Sweet the birds sang around me | A |
| Sport was their toil | B |
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| The horn its clang was keeping | C |
| Forth the fox was creeping | C |
| Round each dame stood weeping | C |
| O'er the prowler's spoil | B |
| - | |
| Hark the foe is calling | C |
| Fast the woods are falling | C |
| Scenes and sights appalling | C |
| Mark the wasted soil | B |
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| War and confiscation | D |
| Curse the fallen nation | D |
| Gloom and desolation | D |
| Shade the lost land o'er | E |
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| Chill the winds are blowing | C |
| Death aloft is going | C |
| Peace or hope seems growing | C |
| For our race no more | F |
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| Hark the foe is calling | C |
| Fast the woods are falling | C |
| Scenes and sights appalling | C |
| Throng the blood stained shore | F |
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| Nobles once high hearted | G |
| From their homes have parted | G |
| Scattered scared and started | G |
| By a base born band | H |
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| Spots that once were cheering | C |
| Girls beloved endearing | C |
| Friends from whom I'm steering | C |
| Take this parting tear | I |
Thomas Furlong
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