The High-born Ladye Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DBEC ABAC ABAC BBBC ABAC BBBC FBFC| In vain all the Knights to the Underwald wooed her | A |
| Tho' brightest of maidens the proudest was she | B |
| Brave chieftains they sought and young minstrels they sued her | A |
| But worthy were none of the high born Ladye | C |
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| Whosoever I wed said this maid so excelling | D |
| That Knight must the conqueror of conquerors be | B |
| He must place me in halls fit for monarchs to dwell in | E |
| None else shall be Lord of the high born Ladye | C |
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| Thus spoke the proud damsel with scorn looking round her | A |
| On Knights and on Nobles of highest degree | B |
| Who humbly and hopelessly left as they found her | A |
| And worshipt at distance the high born Ladye | C |
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| At length came a Knight from a far land to woo her | A |
| With plumes on his helm like the foam of the sea | B |
| His visor was down but with voice that thrilled thro her | A |
| He whispered his vows to the high born Ladye | C |
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| Proud maiden I come with high spousals to grace thee | B |
| In me the great conqueror of conquerors see | B |
| Enthroned in a hall fit for monarchs I'll place thee | B |
| And mine thou'rt for ever thou high born Ladye | C |
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| The maiden she smiled and in jewels arrayed her | A |
| Of thrones and tiaras already dreamt she | B |
| And proud was the step as her bridegroom conveyed her | A |
| In pomp to his home of that highborn Ladye | C |
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| But whither she starting exclaims have you led me | B |
| Here's naught but a tomb and a dark cypress tree | B |
| Is this the bright palace in which thou wouldst wed me | B |
| With scorn in her glance said the high born Ladye | C |
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| Tis the home he replied of earth's loftiest creatures | F |
| Then lifted his helm for the fair one to see | B |
| But she sunk on the ground 'twas a skeleton's features | F |
| And Death was the Lord of the high born Ladye | C |
Thomas Moore
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