Where Shall The Lover Rest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD E D FGFGGBGB E B ABABHGHI E G JKJKLBLB E B| Where shall the lover rest | A |
| Whom the fates sever | B |
| From the true maiden's breast | A |
| Parted for ever | B |
| Where through groves deep and high | C |
| Sounds the fair billow | D |
| Where early violets die | C |
| Under the willow | D |
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| Chorus | E |
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| Soft shall be his pillow | D |
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| There through the summer day | F |
| Cool streams are laving | G |
| There while the tempests sway | F |
| Scarce are boughs waving | G |
| There thy rest shall thou take | G |
| Parted for ever | B |
| Never again to wake | G |
| Never O never | B |
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| Chorus | E |
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| Never O never | B |
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| Where shall the traitor rest | A |
| He the deceiver | B |
| Who could win maiden's breast | A |
| Ruin and leave her | B |
| In the lost battle | H |
| Borne down by the flying | G |
| Where mingles war's rattle | H |
| With groans of the dying P | I |
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| Chorus | E |
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| There shall he be lying | G |
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| Her wing shall the eagle flap | J |
| O'er the false hearted | K |
| His warm blood the wolf shall lap | J |
| Ere life be parted | K |
| Shame and dishonor sit | L |
| By his grave ever | B |
| Blessing shall hallow it | L |
| Never O never | B |
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| Chorus | E |
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| Never O never | B |
Walter Scott (sir)
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