The Pilgrim Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDD A EEFF GH IIJK G LAL MB NNOO M PH IIII P DQR SS AB TTUUGG MMLL A VFVFLL GHIWXWXLI KQYQI IMMNN| 'Shall we carry now your bundle | A |
| You old grey man | B |
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| Over hill and over meadow | C |
| Lighter than an owlet's shadow | C |
| We will whirl it through the air | D |
| Through blue regions shrill and bare | D |
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| Shall we carry now your bundle | A |
| You old grey man ' | - |
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| The Pilgrim lifted up his eyes | E |
| And saw three fiends in the skies | E |
| Stooping o'er that lonely place | F |
| Evil in form and face | F |
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| 'O leave me leave me leave me | G |
| Ye three wild fiends | H |
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| Far it is my feet must wander | I |
| And my city lieth yonder | I |
| I must bear my bundle alone | J |
| Help nor solace suffer none | K |
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| O leave me leave me leave me | G |
| Ye three wild fiends ' | - |
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| The fiends stared down with greedy eye | L |
| Fanning the chill air duskily | A |
| 'Twixt their hoods they stoop and cry | L |
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| 'Shall we smooth the path before you | M |
| You old grey man | B |
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| Sprinkle it green with gilded showers | N |
| Strew it o'er with painted flowers | N |
| Shall we blow sweet airs on it | O |
| Lure the magpie there to flit | O |
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| Shall we smooth the path before you | M |
| You old grey man ' | - |
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| 'O silence silence silence | P |
| Ye three wild fiends | H |
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| Over bog and fen and boulder | I |
| I must bear it on my shoulder | I |
| Beaten of wind torn of briar | I |
| Smitten of rain parched of fire | I |
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| O silence silence silence | P |
| Ye three wild fiends ' | - |
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| It seemed a smoke obscured the air | D |
| Bright lightning quivered in the gloom | Q |
| And a faint voice of thunder spake | R |
| Far in the lone hill hollows 'Come ' | - |
| Then half in fury half in dread | S |
| The fiends drew closer down and said | S |
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| 'Grey old man but sleep awhile | A |
| Sad old man | B |
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| Thorn and dust and ice and heat | T |
| Tarry now sit down and eat | T |
| Heat and ice and dust and thorn | U |
| Stricken footsore parched forlorn | U |
| Juice of purple grape shall be | G |
| Youth and solace unto thee | G |
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| With sweet wire and reed we'll haunt you | M |
| Songs of the valley shall enchant you | M |
| Rest now lest this night you die | L |
| Sweet be now our lullaby | L |
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| 'Grey old man come sleep awhile | A |
| Stubborn old man ' | - |
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| The pilgrim crouches terrified | V |
| At stooping hood and glassy face | F |
| Gloating evil side by side | V |
| Terror and hate brood o'er the place | F |
| He flings his withered hands on high | L |
| With a bitter breaking cry | L |
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| 'Leave me leave me leave me leave me | G |
| Ye three wild fiends | H |
| If I lay me down in slumber | I |
| Then I lay me down in wrath | W |
| If I stir not in sweet dreaming | X |
| Then I wither in my path | W |
| If I hear sweet voices singing | X |
| 'Tis a demon's lullaby | L |
| And in hideous storm and terror | I |
| Wake but to die ' | - |
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| And even while he spake the sun | K |
| From the sweet hills pierced the gloom | Q |
| Kindling th' affrighted fiends upon | Y |
| Wild flapped their wings as if in doom | Q |
| He heard a dismal hooting laughter | I |
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| Nought but a little rain fell after | I |
| And from the cloud whither they flew | M |
| A storm sweet lark rose in the blue | M |
| And his bundle seemed of flowers | N |
| In his solitary hours | N |
Walter De La Mare
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