The Bonny, Bonny Dell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEF CCGGBBHIJJ CCKKLLMMBB CCBBCCNNCC LLOOEFCCLL PPBBQQIIPP| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur the yorlin sings | A |
| Wi' a clip o' the sunshine atween his wings | A |
| Whaur the birks are a' straikit wi' fair munelicht | B |
| And the brume hings its lamps by day and by nicht | B |
| Whaur the burnie comes trottin ower shingle and stane | C |
| Liltin bonny havers til 'tsel its lane | C |
| And the sliddery troot wi' ae soop o' its tail | D |
| Is ahint the green weed's dark swingin veil | D |
| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur I sang as I saw | E |
| The yorlin the brume and the burnie and a' | F |
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| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur the primroses won | C |
| Luikin oot o' their leaves like wee sons o' the sun | C |
| Whaur the wild roses hing like flickers o' flame | G |
| And fa' at the touch wi' a dainty shame | G |
| Whaur the bee swings ower the white clovery sod | B |
| And the butterfly flits like a stray thoucht o' God | B |
| Whaur like arrow shot frae life's unseen bow | H |
| The dragon fly burns the sunlicht throu | I |
| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur I sang to see | J |
| The rose and the primrose the draigon and bee | J |
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| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur the mune luiks doon | C |
| As gien she war hearin a soughless tune | C |
| Whan the flooers and the birdies are a' asleep | K |
| And the verra burnie gangs creepy creep | K |
| Whaur the corn craik craiks i' the lang heidit rye | L |
| And the nicht is the safter for his rouch cry | L |
| Whaur the win' wud fain lie doon on the slope | M |
| And the gloamin waukens the high reachin hope | M |
| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur silent I felt | B |
| The mune and the darkness baith into me melt | B |
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| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur the sun luiks in | C |
| Sayin Here awa there awa hand awa Sin | C |
| Sayin darkness and sorrow a' work for the licht | B |
| And the will o' God was the hert o' the nicht | B |
| Whaur the laverock hings hie on his ain sang borne | C |
| Wi' bird shout and tirralee hailin the morn | C |
| Whaur my hert ran ower wi' the lusome bliss | N |
| That come winter come weather nocht gaed amiss | N |
| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur the sun luikit in | C |
| Sayin Here awa there awa hand awa Sin | C |
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| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur aft I wud lie | L |
| Wi' Jeanie aside me sae sweet and sae shy | L |
| Whaur the starry gowans wi' rose dippit tips | O |
| War as white as her cheek and as reid as her lips | O |
| Whaur she spread her gowd hert till she saw that I saw | E |
| Syne fauldit it up and gied me it a' | F |
| Whaur o' sunlicht and munelicht she was the queen | C |
| For baith war but middlin withoot my Jean | C |
| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur aft I wud lie | L |
| Wi' Jeanie aside me sae sweet and sae shy | L |
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| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur the kirkyard lies | P |
| A' day and a' nicht luikin up to the skies | P |
| Whaur the sheep wauken up i' the simmer nicht | B |
| Tak a bite and lie doon and await the licht | B |
| Whaur the psalms roll ower the grassy heaps | Q |
| Whaur the win' comes and moans and the rain comes and weeps | Q |
| Whaur my Jeanie's no lyin in a' the lair | I |
| For she's up and awa up the angels' stair | I |
| Oh the bonny bonny dell whaur the kirkyard lies | P |
| Whaur the stars luik doon and the nicht wind sighs | P |
George Macdonald
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