Lines, On Startling A Rabbit. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAABAB CDCDCECE AFAFAAAA AGAGDHDI| Whew Tha'rt in a famous hurry | A |
| Awm nooan baan to try to catch thi | A |
| Aw've noa dogs wi' me to worry | A |
| Thee poor thing aw like to watch thi | A |
| Tha'rt a runner aw dar back thi | A |
| Why tha ommost seems to fly | B |
| Did ta think aw meant to tak thi | A |
| Well awm fond o' rabbit pie | B |
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| Aw dooan't want th' world to misen mun | C |
| Awm nooan like a dog i'th' manger | D |
| Yet still 'twor happen best to run | C |
| For tha'rt th' safest aght o' danger | D |
| An sometimes fowks' inclination | C |
| Leads 'em to do what they shouldn't | E |
| But tha's saved me a temptation | C |
| Aw've net harmed thi 'coss aw couldn't | E |
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| Aw wish all temptations fled me | A |
| As tha's fled throo me to day | F |
| For they've oft to trouble led me | A |
| For which aw've had dear to pay | F |
| An a taicher wise aw've faand thi | A |
| An this lesson gained throo thee | A |
| 'At when dangers gether raand me | A |
| Th' wisest tactics is to flee | A |
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| They may call thi coward Bunny | A |
| But if mine had been thy lot | G |
| Aw should fail to see owt funny | A |
| To be stewin in a pot | G |
| Life to thee awm sewer is sweeter | D |
| Nor thi flesh to me could prove | H |
| May thy lot an mine grow breeter | D |
| Blest wi' liberty an love | I |
John Hartley
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