It was a’ for our rightfu’ king
We e’er saw Irish land,
My dear;
We e’er saw Irish land.
Similar stanzas occur in Moore on the formula A4 B3 A4 B3 a1 B3 in Then fare thee well, on A4 B ~3 A4 B ~3 c1 B ~3 in Dear Fanny. Other stanzas by the same poet have a somewhat longer cauda, as A4 B ~3 A4 B ~3 c ~ c ~ d ~ d ~1 A4 C ~3 or A B ~ A B ~ C ~ C ~4 d d2 E F ~ E F ~4.
A stanza used by Sir Walter Scott in To the Sub-Prior (p. 461) is formed on the model A A B B4 c1 c2 C4, the frons consisting of four-stressed verses:
Good evening, Sir Priest, and so late as you ride,
With your mule so fair, and your mantle so wide;
But ride you through valley, or ride you o’er hill,