St. Margaret's Eve Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DBDC EB C B C FB C GBHC B C IBIC JBKC LBLC MBMC| Saint Margaret's Eve it did befall | A |
| The waves roll so gayly O | B |
| The tide came creeping up the wall | A |
| Love me true | C |
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| I opened my gate who there should stand | D |
| The waves roll so gayly O | B |
| But a fair lady with a cup in her hand | D |
| Love me true | C |
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| The cup was gold and full of wine | E |
| The waves roll so gayly O | B |
| 'Drink ' said the lady 'and I will be thine ' | - |
| Love me true | C |
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| 'Enter my castle lady fair ' | - |
| The waves roll so gayly O | B |
| 'You shall be queen of all that's there ' | - |
| Love me true | C |
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| A gray old harper sang to me | F |
| The waves roll so gayly O | B |
| 'Beware of the Damsel of the Sea ' | - |
| Love me true | C |
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| In hall he harpeth many a year | G |
| The waves roll so gayly O | B |
| And we will sit his song to hear | H |
| Love me true | C |
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| 'I love thee deep I love thee true ' | - |
| The waves roll so gayly O | B |
| 'But ah I know not how to woo ' | - |
| Love me true | C |
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| Down dashed the cup with a sudden shock | I |
| The waves roll so gayly O | B |
| The wine like blood ran over the rock | I |
| Love me true | C |
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| She said no word but shrieked aloud | J |
| The waves roll so gayly O | B |
| And vanished away from where she stood | K |
| Love me true | C |
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| I locked and barred my castle door | L |
| The waves roll so gayly O | B |
| Three summer days I grieved sore | L |
| Love me true | C |
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| For myself a day a night | M |
| The waves roll so gayly O | B |
| And two to moan that lady bright | M |
| Love me true | C |
William Allingham
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