The Auld Man's Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABBAA CBCBBBBB BDBDAAEE FAFAAACC GHIHJJAA KLGLBBCC AAAAGKMM IAIANNAA AIAIAAGF JAJAAAJJ LBLBLLLL OIOIJJLL BABAJJAALord I'm an auld man | A |
An' I'm deein | A |
An' do what I can | A |
I canna help bein | A |
Some feart at the thoucht | B |
I'm no what I oucht | B |
An' thou art sae gran' | A |
Me but an auld man | A |
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I haena gotten muckle | C |
Guid o' the warld | B |
Though siller a puckle | C |
Thegither I hae harlt | B |
Noo I maun be rid o' 't | B |
The ill an' the guid o' 't | B |
An' I wud I s' no back frae 't | B |
Rather put til 't nor tak frae 't | B |
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It's a pity a body | B |
Coudna haud on here | D |
Puttin cloddy to cloddy | B |
Till he had a bit lan' here | D |
But eh I'm forgettin | A |
Whaur the tide's settin | A |
It'll pusion my prayer | E |
Till it's no worth a hair | E |
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It's awfu it's awfu | F |
To think 'at I'm gaein | A |
Whaur a' 's ower wi' the lawfu | F |
Whaur's an en' til a' haein | A |
It's gruesome to en' | A |
The thing 'at ye ken | A |
An' gang to begin til | C |
What ye canna see intil | C |
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Thou may weel turn awa | G |
Lord an' say it's a shame | H |
'At noo I suld ca' | I |
On thy licht giein name | H |
Wha my lang life time | J |
Wud no see a stime | J |
An' the fac' there's no fleein | A |
But hae pity I'm deein | A |
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I'm thine ain efter a' | K |
The waur shame I'm nae better | L |
Dinna sen' me awa | G |
Dinna curse a puir cratur | L |
I never jist cheatit | B |
I own I defeatit | B |
Gart his poverty tell | C |
On him 'at maun sell | C |
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Oh that my probation | A |
Had lain i' some region | A |
Whaur was less consideration | A |
For gear mixt wi' religion | A |
It's the mixin the twa | G |
'At jist ruins a' | K |
That kirk's the deil's place | M |
Whaur gear glorifees grace | M |
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I hae learnt nought but ae thing | I |
'At life's but a span | A |
I hae warslet for naething | I |
I hae noucht i' my han' | A |
At the fut o' the stairs | N |
I'm sayin my prayers | N |
Lord lat the auld loon | A |
Confess an' lie doon | A |
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I hae been an ill man | A |
Micht hae made a guid dog | I |
I could rin though no stan | A |
Micht hae won throu a bog | I |
But 't was ower easy gaein | A |
An' I set me to playin | A |
Dinna sen' me awa | G |
Whaur's no licht ava | F |
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Forgie me an' hap me | J |
I hae been a sharp thorn | A |
But oh dinna drap me | J |
I'll be coothie the morn | A |
To my brither John | A |
Oh lat me atone | A |
An' to mair I cud name | J |
Gien I'd time to tak blame | J |
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I hae wullt a' my gear | L |
To my cousin Lippit | B |
She needs 't no a hair | L |
An' wud haud it grippit | B |
But I'm thinkin 't 'll be better | L |
To gie 't a bit scatter | L |
Whaur it winna canker | L |
But mak a bit anchor | L |
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Noo I s'try to sit loose | O |
To the warld an' its thrang | I |
Lord come intil my hoose | O |
For Sathan sall gang | I |
Awa here I sen' him | J |
Oh haud the hoose agane him | J |
Or thou kens what he'll daur | L |
He'll be back wi' seven waur | L |
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Lord I knock at thy yett | B |
I hear the dog yowlin | A |
Lang latna me wait | B |
My conscience is growlin | A |
Whaur but to thee | J |
Wha was broken for me | J |
But to thee Lord sae gran' | A |
Can flee an auld man | A |
George Macdonald
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