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 bourdA
Or will ye hear of courtesieB
Or will ye hear how a gallant lordA
Was wedded to a gay ladyeC
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Ca' out the kye quo' the village herdA
As he stood on the knoweD
Ca' this ane's nine and that ane's tenE
And bauld Lord William's cowF
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I swear by the light of the Michaelmas moonG
And the might of Mary highH
And by the edge of my braidsword brownI
They shall soon say Harden's kyeC
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He took a bugle frae his sideA
With names carved o'er and o'erJ
Full many a chief of meikle prideA
That Border bugle boreK
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He blew a note baith sharp and hieL
Till rock and water rang aroundA
Three score of moss troopers and threeM
Have mounted at that bugle soundA
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The Michaelmas moon had enter'd thenE
And ere she wan the fullN
Ye might see by her light in Harden glenE
A bow o' kye and a bassen'd bullN
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And loud and loud in Harden towerJ
The quaigh gaed round wi' meikle gleeM
For the English beef was brought in bowerJ
And the English ale flow'd merrilieM
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And mony a guest from TeviotsideA
And Yarrow's Braes was thereO
Was never a lord in Scotland wideA
That made more dainty fareO
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They ate they laugh'd they sang and quaff'dA
Till nought on board was seenP
When knight and squire were boune to dineQ
But a spur of silver sheenP
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Lord William has ta'en his berry brown steedA
A sore shent man was heM
Wait he my guests a little speedA
Weel feasted ye shall beM
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He rode him down by Falsehope burnR
His cousin dear to seeM
With him to take a riding turnR
Wat draw the sword was heM
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And when he came to Falsehope glenE
Beneath the trysting treeM
On the smooth green was carved plainS
To Lochwood bound are weM
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O if they be gane to dark LochwoodA
To drive the Warden's gearT
Betwixt our names I ween there's feudA
I'll go and have my shareO
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For little reck I for Johnstone's feudA
The Warden though he beM
So Lord William is away to dark LochwoodA
With riders barely threeM
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The Warden's daughters in Lochwood sateA
Were all both fair and gayU
All save the Lady MargaretA
And she was wan and waeM
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The sister Jean had a full fair skinV
And Grace was bauld and brawM
But the leal fast heart her breast withinV
It weel was worth them a'W
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Her father's pranked her sisters twaM
With meikle joy and prideA
But Margaret maun seek Dundrennan's wa'M
She ne'er can be a brideA
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On spear and casque by gallants gentA
Her sisters' scarfs were borneX
But never at tilt or tournamentA
Were Margaret's colours wornX
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Her sisters rode to Thirlstane bowerM
But she was left at hameY
To wander round the gloomy towerM
And sigh young Harden's nameY
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Of all the knights the knight most fairM
From Yarrow to the TyneQ
Soft sigh'd the maid is Harden's heirM
But ne'er can he be mineQ
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Of all the maids the foulest maidA
From Teviot to the DeeM
Ah sighing sad that lady saidA
Can ne'er young Harden's beM
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She looked up the briery glenE
And up the mossy braeM
And she saw a score of her father's menE
Yclad in the Johnstone greyM
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O fast and fast they downwards spedA
The moss and briers amongZ
And in the midst the troopers ledA
A shackled knight alongA2

Walter Scott (sir)



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