Faery Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF EHIH BCDC

i Sung by the people of Faery over Diarmuid and Grania in their bridal sleep under a Cromlech iA
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We who are old old and gayB
O so oldC
Thousands of years thousands of yearsD
If all were toldC
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Give to these children new from the worldE
Silence and loveF
And the long dew dropping hours of the nightG
And the stars aboveF
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Gie to these children new from the worldE
Rest far from menH
Is anything better anything betterI
Tell us it thenH
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Us who are old old and gayB
O so oldC
Thousands of years thousands of yearsD
If all were toldC

William Butler Yeats



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