Behold The Hour, The Boat, Arrive Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GDGD| BEHOLD the hour the boat arrive | A |
| My dearest Nancy O fareweel | B |
| Severed frae thee can I survive | A |
| Frae thee whom I hae lov'd sae weel | B |
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| Endless and deep shall be my grief | C |
| Nae ray of comfort shall I see | D |
| But this most precious dear belief | C |
| That thou wilt still remember me | D |
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| Alang the solitary shore | E |
| Where flitting sea fowl round me cry | F |
| Across the rolling dashing roar | E |
| I'll westward turn my wishful eye | F |
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| Happy thou Indian grove I'll say | G |
| Where now my Nancy's path shall be | D |
| While thro' your sweets she holds her way | G |
| O tell me does she muse on me | D |
Robert Burns
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