O Lassie Ayont The Hill! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABABA CDCE EFDFAAAG BHBHHBHBG DIIIIBIBG JAJAAJAJ AAABBABA| O lassie ayont the hill | A |
| Come ower the tap o' the hill | A |
| Come ower the tap wi' the breeze o' the hill | A |
| Bidena ayont the hill | A |
| I'm needin ye sair the nicht | B |
| For I'm tired and sick o' mysel | A |
| A body's sel 's the sairest weicht | B |
| O lassie come ower the hill | A |
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| Gien a body could be a thoucht o' grace | C |
| And no a sel ava | D |
| I'm sick o' my heid and my ban's and my face | C |
| O' my thouchts and mysel and a' | E |
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| I'm sick o' the warl' and a' | E |
| The win' gangs by wi' a hiss | F |
| Throu my starin een the sunbeams fa' | D |
| But my weary hert they miss | F |
| O lassie ayont the hill | A |
| Come ower the tap o' the hill | A |
| Come ower the tap wi' the breeze o' the hill | A |
| Bidena ayont the hill c | G |
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| For gien I but saw yer bonnie heid | B |
| And the sunlicht o' yer hair | H |
| The ghaist o' mysel wud fa' doun deid | B |
| I wud be mysel nae mair | H |
| I wud be mysel nae mair | H |
| Filled o' the sole remeid | B |
| Slain by the arrows o' licht frae yer hair | H |
| Killed by yer body and heid | B |
| O lassie ayont the hill c | G |
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| My sel micht wauk up at the saft fitfa' | D |
| O' my bonnie departin dame | I |
| But gien she lo'ed me ever sae sma' | I |
| I micht bide it the weary same | I |
| Noo sick o' my body and name | I |
| Whan it lifts its upsettin heid | B |
| I turn frae the cla'es that cover my frame | I |
| As gien they war roun the deid | B |
| O lassie ayont the hill c | G |
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| But gien ye lo'ed me as I lo'e you | J |
| I wud ring my ain deid knell | A |
| The spectre wud melt shot through and through | J |
| Wi' the shine o' your sunny sel | A |
| By the shine o' yer sunny sel | A |
| By the licht aneth yer broo | J |
| I wud dee to mysel ring my ain deid bell | A |
| And live again in you | J |
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| O lassie ayont the hill | A |
| Come ower the tap o' the hill | A |
| Come ower the tap wi' the breeze o' the hill | A |
| For I want ye sair the nicht | B |
| I'm needin ye sair the nicht | B |
| For I'm tired and sick o' mysel | A |
| A body's sel 's the sairest weicht | B |
| O lassie come ower the hill | A |
George Macdonald
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