Burlesque Lament Fo Wm. Creech's Absence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAC AAADAC AAAEAC FFFEFC DDDGDC DDDDDC FFFFFC HHHFHC IIIFIC AAAEAC JJJHJC IIIEIC| AULD chuckie Reekie's sair distrest | A |
| Down droops her ance weel burnish'd crest | A |
| Nae joy her bonie buskit nest | A |
| Can yield ava | B |
| Her darling bird that she lo'es best | A |
| Willie's awa | C |
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| O Willie was a witty wight | A |
| And had o' things an unco' sleight | A |
| Auld Reekie aye he keepit tight | A |
| And trig an' braw | D |
| But now they'll busk her like a fright | A |
| Willie's awa | C |
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| The stiffest o' them a' he bow'd | A |
| The bauldest o' them a' he cow'd | A |
| They durst nae mair than he allow'd | A |
| That was a law | E |
| We've lost a birkie weel worth gowd | A |
| Willie's awa | C |
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| Now gawkies tawpies gowks and fools | F |
| Frae colleges and boarding schools | F |
| May sprout like simmer puddock stools | F |
| In glen or shaw | E |
| He wha could brush them down to mools | F |
| Willie's awa | C |
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| The brethren o' the Commerce chaumer | D |
| May mourn their loss wi' doolfu' clamour | D |
| He was a dictionar and grammar | D |
| Among them a' | G |
| I fear they'll now mak mony a stammer | D |
| Willie's awa | C |
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| Nae mair we see his levee door | D |
| Philosophers and poets pour | D |
| And toothy critics by the score | D |
| In bloody raw | D |
| The adjutant o' a' the core | D |
| Willie's awa | C |
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| Now worthy Gregory's Latin face | F |
| Tytler's and Greenfield's modest grace | F |
| Mackenzie Stewart such a brace | F |
| As Rome ne'er saw | F |
| They a' maun meet some ither place | F |
| Willie's awa | C |
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| Poor Burns ev'n Scotch Drink canna quicken | H |
| He cheeps like some bewilder'd chicken | H |
| Scar'd frae it's minnie and the cleckin | H |
| By hoodie craw | F |
| Grieg's gien his heart an unco kickin | H |
| Willie's awa | C |
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| Now ev'ry sour mou'd girnin blellum | I |
| And Calvin's folk are fit to fell him | I |
| Ilk self conceited critic skellum | I |
| His quill may draw | F |
| He wha could brawlie ward their bellum | I |
| Willie's awa | C |
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| Up wimpling stately Tweed I've sped | A |
| And Eden scenes on crystal Jed | A |
| And Ettrick banks now roaring red | A |
| While tempests blaw | E |
| But every joy and pleasure's fled | A |
| Willie's awa | C |
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| May I be Slander's common speech | J |
| A text for Infamy to preach | J |
| And lastly streekit out to bleach | J |
| In winter snaw | H |
| When I forget thee Willie Creech | J |
| Tho' far awa | C |
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| May never wicked Fortune touzle him | I |
| May never wicked men bamboozle him | I |
| Until a pow as auld's Methusalem | I |
| He canty claw | E |
| Then to the blessed new Jerusalem | I |
| Fleet wing awa | C |
Robert Burns
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Burlesque Lament Fo Wm. Creech's Absence is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.