Address To The Shade Of Thomson, On Crowning His Bust At Ednam With Bays. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIJI KLML| While virgin Spring by Eden's flood | A |
| Unfolds her tender mantle green | B |
| Or pranks the sod in frolic mood | C |
| Or tunes olian strains between | B |
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| While Summer with a matron grace | D |
| Retreats to Dryburgh's cooling shade | E |
| Yet oft delighted stops to trace | D |
| The progress of the spiky blade | E |
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| While Autumn benefactor kind | F |
| By Tweed erects his aged head | G |
| And sees with self approving mind | F |
| Each creature on his bounty fed | G |
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| While maniac Winter rages o'er | H |
| The hills whence classic Yarrow flows | I |
| Rousing the turbid torrent's roar | J |
| Or sweeping wild a waste of snows | I |
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| So long sweet Poet of the year | K |
| Shall bloom that wreath thou well hast won | L |
| While Scotia with exulting tear | M |
| Proclaims that Thomson was her son | L |
Robert Burns
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