Mirls Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BABA CC DEFG AA AHAH HABA| The stars are steady abune | A |
| I' the water they flichter and flee | B |
| But steady aye luikin doon | A |
| They ken theirsels i' the sea | B |
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| A' licht and clear and free | B |
| God thou shinest abune | A |
| Yet luik and see thysel in me | B |
| Aye on me luikin doon | A |
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| Throu the heather an' how gaed the creepin thing | C |
| But abune was the waff o' an angel's wing | C |
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| Hither an' thither here an' awa | D |
| Into the dub ye maunna fa' | E |
| Oot o' the dub wad ye come wi' speed | F |
| Ye maun lift yer han's abune yer heid | G |
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| Whaur's nor sun nor mune | A |
| Laigh things come abune | A |
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| My thouchts are like worms in a starless gloamin | A |
| My hert's like a sponge that's fillit wi' gall | H |
| My soul's like a bodiless ghaist sent a roamin | A |
| I' the haar an' the mirk till the trumpet call | H |
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| Lord turn ilk worm til a butterflee | H |
| Wring oot my hert an' fill 't frae thy ain | A |
| My soul syne in patience its weird will dree | B |
| An' luik for the mornin throu the rain | A |
George Macdonald
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