The Crusader's Return Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEE FFGGHHIJ KKLLMMNN OOMMHHP NNQQRRBB| A | |
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| High deeds achieved of knightly fame | B |
| From Palestine the champion came | B |
| The cross upon his shoulders borne | C |
| Battle and blast had dimm'd and torn | C |
| Each dint upon his batter'd shield | D |
| Was token of a foughten field | D |
| And thus beneath his lady's bower | E |
| He sung as fell the twilight hour | E |
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| Joy to the fair thy knight behold | F |
| Return'd from yonder land of gold | F |
| No wealth he brings nor wealth can need | G |
| Save his good arms and battle steed | G |
| His spurs to dash against a foe | H |
| His lance and sword to lay him low | H |
| Such all the trophies of his toil | I |
| Such and the hope of Tekla's smile | J |
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| Joy to the fair whose constant knight | K |
| Her favour fired to feats of might | K |
| Unnoted shall she not remain | L |
| Where meet the bright and noble train | L |
| Minstrel shall sing and herald tell | M |
| 'Mark yonder maid of beauty well | M |
| 'Tis she for whose bright eyes were won | N |
| The listed field at Askalon | N |
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| 'Note well her smile it edged the blade | O |
| Which fifty wives to widows made | O |
| When vain his strength and Mahound's spell | M |
| Iconium's turban'd Soldan fell | M |
| Seest thou her locks whose sunny glow | H |
| Half shows half shades her neck of snow | H |
| Twines not of them one golden thread | P |
| But for its sake a Paynim bled ' | - |
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| Joy to the fair my name unknown | N |
| Each deed and all its praise thine own | N |
| Then oh unbar this churlish gate | Q |
| The night dew falls the hour is late | Q |
| Inured to Syria's glowing breath | R |
| I feel the north breeze chill as death | R |
| Let grateful love quell maiden shame | B |
| And grant him bliss who brings thee fame | B |
Walter Scott (sir)
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