The Nobleman's Wedding Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFE GHGH CIC IJIJ CKCL IMIM| I once was a guest at a Nobleman's wedding | A |
| Fair was the Bride but she scarce had been kind | B |
| And now in our mirth she had tears nigh the shedding | A |
| Her former true lover still runs in her mind | B |
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| Attired like a minstrel her former true lover | C |
| Takes up his harp and runs over the strings | D |
| And there among strangers his grief to discover | C |
| A fair maiden's falsehood he bitterly sings | D |
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| 'Now here is the token of gold that was broken | E |
| Seven long years it was kept for your sake | F |
| You gave it to me as a true lover's token | E |
| No longer I'll wear it asleep or awake ' | - |
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| She sat in her place by the head of the table | G |
| The words of his ditty she mark'd them right well | H |
| To sit any longer this bride was not able | G |
| So down at the bridegroom's feet she fell | H |
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| 'O one one request my lord one and no other | C |
| O this one request will you grant it to me | I |
| To lie for this night in the arms of my mother | C |
| And ever and ever thereafter with thee ' | - |
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| Her one one request it was granted her fairly | I |
| Pale were her cheeks as she went up to bed | J |
| And the very next morning early early | I |
| They rose and they found this young bride was dead | J |
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| The bridegroom ran quickly he held her he kiss'd her | C |
| He spoke loud and low and listen'd full fain | K |
| He call'd on her waiting maids round to assist her | C |
| But nothing could bring the lost breath back again | L |
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| O carry her softly the grave is made ready | I |
| At head and at foot plant a laurel bush green | M |
| For she was a young and a sweet noble lady | I |
| The fairest young bride that I ever have seen | M |
William Allingham
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