The Reiver's Wedding Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC ADEF GHIC AJAK LAMA ENEN JMJM AOAO APQP AMAM RMRM EMSM ATAO AMAM AUAM VMVW MAMA AXAX MYMY MQMQ AMAM EMEM AZAA2| O will ye hear a mirthful bourd | A |
| Or will ye hear of courtesie | B |
| Or will ye hear how a gallant lord | A |
| Was wedded to a gay ladye | C |
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| Ca' out the kye quo' the village herd | A |
| As he stood on the knowe | D |
| Ca' this ane's nine and that ane's ten | E |
| And bauld Lord William's cow | F |
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| I swear by the light of the Michaelmas moon | G |
| And the might of Mary high | H |
| And by the edge of my braidsword brown | I |
| They shall soon say Harden's kye | C |
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| He took a bugle frae his side | A |
| With names carved o'er and o'er | J |
| Full many a chief of meikle pride | A |
| That Border bugle bore | K |
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| He blew a note baith sharp and hie | L |
| Till rock and water rang around | A |
| Three score of moss troopers and three | M |
| Have mounted at that bugle sound | A |
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| The Michaelmas moon had enter'd then | E |
| And ere she wan the full | N |
| Ye might see by her light in Harden glen | E |
| A bow o' kye and a bassen'd bull | N |
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| And loud and loud in Harden tower | J |
| The quaigh gaed round wi' meikle glee | M |
| For the English beef was brought in bower | J |
| And the English ale flow'd merrilie | M |
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| And mony a guest from Teviotside | A |
| And Yarrow's Braes was there | O |
| Was never a lord in Scotland wide | A |
| That made more dainty fare | O |
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| They ate they laugh'd they sang and quaff'd | A |
| Till nought on board was seen | P |
| When knight and squire were boune to dine | Q |
| But a spur of silver sheen | P |
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| Lord William has ta'en his berry brown steed | A |
| A sore shent man was he | M |
| Wait he my guests a little speed | A |
| Weel feasted ye shall be | M |
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| He rode him down by Falsehope burn | R |
| His cousin dear to see | M |
| With him to take a riding turn | R |
| Wat draw the sword was he | M |
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| And when he came to Falsehope glen | E |
| Beneath the trysting tree | M |
| On the smooth green was carved plain | S |
| To Lochwood bound are we | M |
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| O if they be gane to dark Lochwood | A |
| To drive the Warden's gear | T |
| Betwixt our names I ween there's feud | A |
| I'll go and have my share | O |
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| For little reck I for Johnstone's feud | A |
| The Warden though he be | M |
| So Lord William is away to dark Lochwood | A |
| With riders barely three | M |
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| The Warden's daughters in Lochwood sate | A |
| Were all both fair and gay | U |
| All save the Lady Margaret | A |
| And she was wan and wae | M |
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| The sister Jean had a full fair skin | V |
| And Grace was bauld and braw | M |
| But the leal fast heart her breast within | V |
| It weel was worth them a' | W |
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| Her father's pranked her sisters twa | M |
| With meikle joy and pride | A |
| But Margaret maun seek Dundrennan's wa' | M |
| She ne'er can be a bride | A |
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| On spear and casque by gallants gent | A |
| Her sisters' scarfs were borne | X |
| But never at tilt or tournament | A |
| Were Margaret's colours worn | X |
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| Her sisters rode to Thirlstane bower | M |
| But she was left at hame | Y |
| To wander round the gloomy tower | M |
| And sigh young Harden's name | Y |
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| Of all the knights the knight most fair | M |
| From Yarrow to the Tyne | Q |
| Soft sigh'd the maid is Harden's heir | M |
| But ne'er can he be mine | Q |
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| Of all the maids the foulest maid | A |
| From Teviot to the Dee | M |
| Ah sighing sad that lady said | A |
| Can ne'er young Harden's be | M |
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| She looked up the briery glen | E |
| And up the mossy brae | M |
| And she saw a score of her father's men | E |
| Yclad in the Johnstone grey | M |
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| O fast and fast they downwards sped | A |
| The moss and briers among | Z |
| And in the midst the troopers led | A |
| A shackled knight along | A2 |
Walter Scott (sir)
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