The Ballad Of Father Gilligan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GBH DIJI KBBB LMAM BMIM BNM B AM B AB OBPB QMR| The old priest Peter Gilligan | A |
| Was weary night and day | B |
| For half his flock were in their beds | C |
| Or under green sods lay | B |
| - | |
| Once while he nodded on a chair | D |
| At the moth hour of eve | E |
| Another poor man sent for him | F |
| And he began to grieve | E |
| - | |
| 'I have no rest nor joy nor peace | G |
| For people die and die' | B |
| And after cried he 'God forgive | H |
| My body spake not I ' | - |
| - | |
| He knelt and leaning on the chair | D |
| He prayed and fell asleep | I |
| And the moth hour went from the fields | J |
| And stars began to peep | I |
| - | |
| They slowly into millions grew | K |
| And leaves shook in the wind | B |
| And God covered the world with shade | B |
| And whispered to mankind | B |
| - | |
| Upon the time of sparrow chirp | L |
| When the moths came once more | M |
| The old priest Peter Gilligan | A |
| Stood upright on the floor | M |
| - | |
| 'Mavrone mavrone the man has died | B |
| While I slept on the chair' | M |
| He roused his horse out of its sleep | I |
| And rode with little care | M |
| - | |
| He rode now as he never rode | B |
| By rocky lane and fen | N |
| The sick man's wife opened the door | M |
| 'Father you come again ' | - |
| - | |
| 'And is the poor man dead ' he cried | B |
| 'He died an hour ago ' | - |
| The old priest Peter Gilligan | A |
| In grief swayed to and fro | M |
| - | |
| 'When you were gone he turned and died | B |
| As merry as a bird ' | - |
| The old priest Peter Gilligan | A |
| He knelt him at that word | B |
| - | |
| 'He Who hath made the night of stars | O |
| For souls who tire and bleed | B |
| Sent one of His great angels down | P |
| To help me in my need | B |
| - | |
| 'He Who is wrapped in purple robes | Q |
| With planets in His care | M |
| Had pity on the least of things | R |
| Asleep upon a chair ' | - |
William Butler Yeats
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