The Legend Of Puck The Fairy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAAA CCDDE FFGGE HHIIE| Wouldst know what tricks by the pale moonlight | A |
| Are played by me the merry little Sprite | A |
| Who wing thro' air from the camp to the court | B |
| From king to clown and of all make sport | B |
| Singing I am the Sprite | A |
| Of the merry midnight | A |
| Who laugh at weak mortals and love the moonlight | A |
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| To a miser's bed where he snoring slept | C |
| And dreamt of his cash I slyly crept | C |
| Chink chink o'er his pillow like money I rang | D |
| And he waked to catch but away I sprang | D |
| Singing I am the Sprite etc | E |
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| I saw thro' the leaves in a damsel's bower | F |
| She was waiting her love at that starlight hour | F |
| Hist hist quoth I with an amorous sigh | G |
| And she flew to the door but away flew I | G |
| Singing I am the Sprite etc | E |
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| While a bard sat inditing an ode to his love | H |
| Like a pair of blue meteors I stared from above | H |
| And he swooned for he thought 'twas the ghost poor man | I |
| Of his lady's eyes while away I ran | I |
| Singing I am the Sprite etc | E |
Thomas Moore
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