Fair Eliza. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCBEFE GHD IDJK ILDLMDDD| A Gaelic Air | A |
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| I | - |
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| Turn again thou fair Eliza | B |
| Ae kind blink before we part | C |
| Rue on thy despairing lover | D |
| Canst thou break his faithfu' heart | C |
| Turn again thou fair Eliza | B |
| If to love thy heart denies | E |
| For pity hide the cruel sentence | F |
| Under friendship's kind disguise | E |
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| II | - |
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| Thee dear maid hae I offended | G |
| The offence is loving thee | H |
| Canst thou wreck his peace for ever | D |
| Wha for time wad gladly die | - |
| While the life beats in my bosom | I |
| Thou shalt mix in ilka throe | D |
| Turn again thou lovely maiden | J |
| Ae sweet smile on me bestow | K |
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| III | - |
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| Not the bee upon the blossom | I |
| In the pride o' sunny noon | L |
| Not the little sporting fairy | D |
| All beneath the simmer moon | L |
| Not the poet in the moment | M |
| Fancy lightens in his e'e | D |
| Kens the pleasure feels the rapture | D |
| That thy presence gies to me | D |
Robert Burns
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About Fair Eliza.
Fair Eliza. is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.