The Supplanter: A Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme

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I	A
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He bends his travel tarnished feet	B
nbsp nbsp nbsp To where she wastes in clay	C
From day dawn until eve he fares	D
nbsp nbsp nbsp Along the wintry way	C
From day dawn until eve repairs	D
nbsp nbsp nbsp Unto her mound to pray	C
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II	A
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Are these the gravestone shapes that meet	B
nbsp nbsp nbsp My forward straining view	E
Or forms that cross a window blind	F
nbsp nbsp nbsp In circle knot and queue	E
Gay forms that cross and whirl and wind	F
nbsp nbsp nbsp To music throbbing through	E
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III	A
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The Keeper of the Field of Tombs	G
nbsp nbsp nbsp Dwells by its gateway pier	H
He celebrates with feast and dance	I
nbsp nbsp nbsp His daughter's twentieth year	H
He celebrates with wine of France	I
nbsp nbsp nbsp The birthday of his dear	H
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IV	E
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The gates are shut when evening glooms	I
nbsp nbsp nbsp Lay down your wreath sad wight	J
To morrow is a time more fit	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp For placing flowers aright	K
The morning is the time for it	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp Come wake with us to night	K
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V	E
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He grounds his wreath and enters in	L
nbsp nbsp nbsp And sits and shares their cheer	H
I fain would foot with you young man	M
nbsp nbsp nbsp Before all others here	N
I fain would foot it for a span	M
nbsp nbsp nbsp With such a cavalier	H
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VI	E
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She coaxes clasps nor fails to win	L
nbsp nbsp nbsp His first unwilling hand	K
The merry music strikes its staves	I
nbsp nbsp nbsp The dancers quickly band	K
And with the damsel of the graves	I
nbsp nbsp nbsp He duly takes his stand	K
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VII	E
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You dance divinely stranger swain	O
nbsp nbsp nbsp Such grace I've never known	P
O longer stay Breathe not adieu	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp And leave me here alone	P
O longer stay to her be true	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp Whose heart is all your own	P
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VIII	E
	-
I mark a phantom through the pane	O
nbsp nbsp nbsp That beckons in despair	Q
Its mouth all drawn with heavy moan	P
nbsp nbsp nbsp Her to whom once I sware	Q
Nay 'tis the lately carven stone	P
nbsp nbsp nbsp Of some strange girl laid there	Q
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IX	I
	-
I see white flowers upon the floor	Q
nbsp nbsp nbsp Betrodden to a clot	K
My wreath were they Nay love me much	R
nbsp nbsp nbsp Swear you'll forget me not	K
'Twas but a wreath Full many such	R
nbsp nbsp nbsp Are brought here and forgot	K
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	-
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X	I
	-
The watches of the night grow hoar	Q
nbsp nbsp nbsp He rises ere the sun	S
Now could I kill thee here he says	I
nbsp nbsp nbsp For winning me from one	S
Who ever in her living days	I
nbsp nbsp nbsp Was pure as cloistered nun	S
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XI	I
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She cowers and he takes his track	T
nbsp nbsp nbsp Afar for many a mile	U
For evermore to be apart	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp From her who could beguile	U
His senses by her burning heart	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp And win his love awhile	U
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XII	I
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A year and he is travelling back	T
nbsp nbsp nbsp To her who wastes in clay	C
From day dawn until eve he fares	I
nbsp nbsp nbsp Along the wintry way	C
From day dawn until eve repairs	I
nbsp nbsp nbsp Unto her mound to pray	C
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XIII	I
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And there he sets him to fulfil	C
nbsp nbsp nbsp His frustrate first intent	K
And lay upon her bed at last	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp The offering earlier meant	K
When on his stooping figure ghast	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp And haggard eyes are bent	K
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XIV	E
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O surely for a little while	C
nbsp nbsp nbsp You can be kind to me	I
For do you love her do you hate	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp She knows not cares not she	I
Only the living feel the weight	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp Of loveless misery	I
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XV	E
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I own my sin I've paid its cost	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp Being outcast shamed and bare	Q
I give you daily my whole heart	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp Your babe my tender care	Q
I pour you prayers and aye to part	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp Is more than I can bear	Q
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XVI	E
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He turns unpitying passion tossed	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp I know you not he cries	I
Nor know your child I knew this maid	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp But she's in Paradise	I
And swiftly in the winter shade	K
nbsp nbsp nbsp He breaks from her and flies	I

Thomas Hardy

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