The Grand Seigneur Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABB ACCBB DDDBB BBEBF BBBBB BEBG HHBB DDDBB| To the hut of the peasant or lordly hall | A |
| To the heart of the king or humblest thrall | A |
| Sooner or late love comes to all | A |
| And it came to the Grand Seigneur my dear | B |
| It came to the Grand Seigneur | B |
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| The robins were singing a roundelay | A |
| And the air was sweet with the breath of May | C |
| As a horseman rode thro' the forest way | C |
| And he was a Grand Seigneur my dear | B |
| He was a grand Seigneur | B |
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| Lord of the Manor Count Bellefontaine | D |
| Had spurr'd over many a stormy plain | D |
| With gallants of France at his bridle rein | D |
| For he was a brave Cavalier my dear | B |
| He was a brave Cavalier | B |
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| But the huntsman's daughter La Belle Marie | B |
| Held the Knight's proud heart in captivity | B |
| And oh she was fair as the fleur de lys | E |
| Tho' only a peasant maid my dear | B |
| Only a peasant maid | F |
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| Thro' the woodland depths on his charger grey | B |
| To the huntsman's cottage he rides away | B |
| And the maiden lists to a tale to day | B |
| That haughtiest dame might hear my dear | B |
| That haughtiest dame might hear | B |
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| But she cried 'Alas it may never be | B |
| For my heart is pledged to the young Louis | E |
| And I love him O Sire so tenderly | B |
| Tho' he's only a poor Chasseur my Lord | G |
| Only a poor Chasseur ' | - |
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| 'Enough ' spake the Knight with a courtly bow | H |
| 'Be true to thy lover and maiden vow | H |
| For virtue like thine is but rare I trow | B |
| And farewell to my dream of love and thee | B |
| Farewell to my dream of thee ' | - |
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| And they say the gallant Count Bellefontaine | D |
| Bestowed on the couple a rich domain | D |
| But you never may hear such tale again | D |
| For he was a Grand Seigneur my dear | B |
| He was a Grand Seigneur | B |
William Henry Drummond
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