This is an adaptation of the Lai. It is made up of two stanzas. The first stanza is the exact copy of the lai, having a five syllable couplet followed by a two syllable line. The second stanza then switches the rhymes’ order. The structure would be:
xxxxa
xxxxa
xb
xxxxa
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xb
xxxxa
xxxxa
xb
xxxxb
xxxxb
xa
xxxxb
xxxxb
xa
xxxxb
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xa
“Alone”
Love gone so far way
To return some day
Unknown
How I wish he’d stay
And in my bed lay
Soft moan
When spring comes in May
He’ll come back I pray
Atone
My heart not disown
Don’t leave me alone
Decay
Return to me grown
Far from heart of stone
Dismay
Strong and weather blown
Your selfishness sloan
One day
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