The Lost Licht (a Perthshire Legend) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FEGE EEEE HEHE EHEH EBEB HIHI EEEE IEIE JIJI GHGH EEEK HHHH ELEM EIEI HEHE HEHE

The weary weary days gang byA
The weary nichts they fa'B
I mauna rest I canna lieA
Since my ain bairn's awa'C
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The soughing o' the springtide breezeD
Abune her heid blaws sweetE
There's nests amang the kirkyaird treesD
And gowans at her feetE
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She gae'd awa' when winds were hieF
When the deein' year was cauldE
An noo the young year seems to meG
A waur ane nor the auldE
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And bedded 'twixt the nicht an' dayE
Yest're'en I couldna bideE
For thinkin' thinkin' as I layE
O' the wean that lies outsideE
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O mickle licht to me was gie'nH
To reach my bairn's abodeE
But heaven micht blast a mither's eenH
And her feet wad find the roadE
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The kirkyaird loan alang the braeE
Was choked wi' brier and whinH
A' i' the dark the stanes were greyE
As wraiths when I gae'd inH
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The wind cried frae the western airtE
Like warlock tongues at strifeB
But the hand o' fear hauds aff the he'rtE
That's lost its care for lifeB
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I sat me lang upon the greenH
A stanethraw frae the kirkI
And syne a licht shone dim betweenH
The shaws o' yew and birkI
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'Twas na the wildfire's flame that playedE
Alang the kirkyaird landE
It was a band o' bairns that gae'dE
Wi' lichts in till their handE
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O white they cam' yon babie thrangI
A' silent o'er the sodE
Ye couldna hear their feet amangI
The graves sae saft they trodE
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And aye the can'les flickered paleJ
Below the darkened skyI
But the licht was like a broken trailJ
When the third wee bairn gae'd byI
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For whaur the can'le flame should beG
Was naither blink nor shineH
The bairnie turned its face to meG
An' I kent that it was mineH
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An' O my broken he'rt was sairE
I cried My ain my doo'E
For a' thae weans the licht burns fairE
But it winna' burn for youK
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She smiled to me my little JeanH
Said she The dule and painH
O mither frae your waefu' eenH
They strike on me againH
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For ither babes the flame leaps brichtE
And fair and braw appearsL
But I canna keep my bonnie lichtE
For it's droukit wi' your tearsM
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There blew across my outstreeked handE
The white mist o' her sarkI
But I couldna reach yon babie bandE
For it faded i' the darkI
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My ain my dear your licht shall burnH
Although my een grow blindE
Although they twa to saut should turnH
Wi' the tears that lie behindE
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O Jeanie on my bended kneeH
I'll pray I may forgetE
My grief is a' that's left to meH
But there's something dearer yetE

Violet Jacob



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