It Was An English Ladye Bright Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBDB EBEB FBFB GBGB DBDB HBIB| It was an English ladye bright | A |
| The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall | B |
| And she would marry a Scottish knight | A |
| For Love will still be lord of all | B |
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| Blithely they saw the rising sun | C |
| When he shone fair on Carlisle wall | B |
| But they were sad ere day was done | C |
| Though Love was still the lord of all | B |
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| Her sire gave brooch and jewel fine | D |
| Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall | B |
| Her brother gave but a flask of wine | D |
| For ire that Love was lord of all | B |
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| For she had lands both meadow and lea | E |
| Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall | B |
| And he swore her death ere he would see | E |
| A Scottish knight the lord of all | B |
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| That wine she had not tasted well | F |
| The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall | B |
| When dead in her true love's arms she fell | F |
| For Love was still the lord of all | B |
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| He pierced her brother to the heart | G |
| Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall | B |
| So perish all would true love part | G |
| That Love may still be lord of all | B |
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| And then he took the cross divine | D |
| Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall | B |
| And died for her sake in Palestine | D |
| So Love was still the lord of all | B |
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| Now all ye lovers that faithful prove | H |
| The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall | B |
| Pray for their souls who died for love | I |
| For Love shall still be lord of all | B |
Walter Scott (sir)
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