The Shepherd And His Dog. (from The Villager's Verse-book.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BEBF DGDG HDID| My dog and I are both grown old | A |
| On these wild downs we watch all day | B |
| He looks in my face when the wind blows cold | A |
| And thus methinks I hear him say | B |
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| The gray stone circlet is below | C |
| The village smoke is at our feet | D |
| We nothing hear but the sailing crow | C |
| And wandering flocks that roam and bleat | D |
| - | |
| Far off the early horseman hies | B |
| In shower or sunshine rushing on | E |
| Yonder the dusty whirlwind flies | B |
| The distant coach is seen and gone | F |
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| Though solitude around is spread | D |
| Master alone thou shalt not be | G |
| And when the turf is on thy head | D |
| I only shall remember thee | G |
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| I marked his look of faithful care | H |
| I placed my hand on his shaggy side | D |
| There is a sun that shines above | I |
| A sun that shines on both I cried | D |
William Lisle Bowles
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