Bonnie Lesley Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB BBCB AAAA AADA AAAA AEFEO saw ye bonnie Lesley | A |
As she gaed o'er the Border | B |
She's gane like Alexander | B |
To spread her conquests farther | B |
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To see her is to love her | B |
And love but her for ever | B |
For Nature made her what she is | C |
And ne'er made sic anither | B |
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Thou art a queen fair Lesley | A |
Thy subjects we before thee | A |
Thou art divine fair Lesley | A |
The hearts o' men adore thee | A |
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The Deil he could'na scaith thee | A |
Or aught that wad belang thee | A |
He'd look into thy bonnie face | D |
And say I canna wrang thee | A |
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The Powers aboon will tent thee | A |
Misfortune sha'na steer thee | A |
Thou'rt like themsel' sae lovely | A |
That ill they'll ne'er let near thee | A |
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Return again fair Lesley | A |
Return to Caledonie | E |
That we may brag we hae a lass | F |
There's nane again sae bonnie | E |
Robert Burns
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