Adown Winding Nith. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFE A GHFH A BIGI J BJKJ J CJLJ J CMFMDEFEI | A |
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Adown winding Nith I did wander | B |
To mark the sweet flowers as they spring | C |
Adown winding Nith I did wander | B |
Of Phillis to muse and to sing | C |
Awa wi' your belles and your beauties | D |
They never wi' her can compare | E |
Whaever has met wi' my Phillis | F |
Has met wi' the queen o' the fair | E |
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II | A |
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The daisy amus'd my fond fancy | G |
So artless so simple so wild | H |
Thou emblem said I o' my Phillis | F |
For she is simplicity's child | H |
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III | A |
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The rose bud's the blush o' my charmer | B |
Her sweet balmy lip when 'tis prest | I |
How fair and how pure is the lily | G |
But fairer and purer her breast | I |
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IV | J |
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Yon knot of gay flowers in the arbour | B |
They ne'er wi' my Phillis can vie | J |
Her breath is the breath o' the woodbine | K |
Its dew drop o' diamond her eye | J |
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V | J |
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Her voice is the song of the morning | C |
That wakes thro' the green spreading grove | J |
When Phoebus peeps over the mountains | L |
On music and pleasure and love | J |
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VI | J |
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But beauty how frail and how fleeting | C |
The bloom of a fine summer's day | M |
While worth in the mind o' my Phillis | F |
Will flourish without a decay | M |
Awa wi' your belles and your beauties | D |
They never wi' her can compare | E |
Whaever has met wi' my Phillis | F |
Has met wi' the queen o' the fair | E |
Robert Burns
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