A Faery Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDED FGHG FAIA CDED| Sung by the people of Faery over Diarmuid and Grania | A |
| in their bridal sleep under a Cromlech | B |
| - | |
| We who are old old and gay | C |
| O so old | D |
| Thousands of years thousands of years | E |
| If all were told | D |
| - | |
| Give to these children new from the world | F |
| Silence and love | G |
| And the long dew dropping hours of the night | H |
| And the stars above | G |
| - | |
| Give to these children new from the world | F |
| Rest far from men | A |
| Is anything better anything better | I |
| Tell us it then | A |
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| Us who are old old and gay | C |
| O so old | D |
| Thousands of years thousands of years | E |
| If all were told | D |
William Butler Yeats
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