The Scotch Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIK LMLM NONO PCQC| Ah EVAN by thy winding stream | A |
| How once I lov'd to stray | B |
| And view the morning's redd'ning beam | A |
| Or charm of closing day | B |
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| To yon dear grot by EVAN'S side | C |
| How oft my steps were led | D |
| Where far beneath the waters glide | C |
| And thick the woods are spread | D |
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| But I no more a charm can see | E |
| In EVAN'S lovely glades | F |
| And drear and desolate to me | E |
| Are those enchanting shades | F |
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| While far how far from EVAN'S bowers | G |
| My wand'ring lover flies | H |
| Where dark the angry tempest lowers | G |
| And high the billows rise | H |
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| And O where'er the wand'rer goes | I |
| Is that poor mourner dear | J |
| Who gives while soft the EVAN flows | I |
| Each passing wave a tear | K |
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| And does he now that grotto view | L |
| On those steep banks still gaze | M |
| In fancy does he still pursue | L |
| The EVAN'S lovely maze | M |
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| O come repass the stormy wave | N |
| O toil for gold no more | O |
| Our love a dearer pleasure gave | N |
| On EVAN'S peaceful shore | O |
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| Leave not my breaking heart to mourn | P |
| The joys so long denied | C |
| Ah soon to those green banks return | Q |
| Where EVAN meets the CLYDE | C |
Helen Maria Williams
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