Farewell, Thou Stream. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCADAD AEAEFGFG HGIGJCJA| Air Nancy's to the greenwood gane | A |
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| Farewell thou stream that winding flows | B |
| Around Eliza's dwelling | C |
| O mem'ry spare the cruel throes | B |
| Within my bosom swelling | C |
| Condemn'd to drag a hopeless chain | A |
| And yet in secret languish | D |
| To feel a fire in ev'ry vein | A |
| Nor dare disclose my anguish | D |
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| II | - |
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| Love's veriest wretch unseen unknown | A |
| I fain my griefs would cover | E |
| The bursting sigh th' unweeting groan | A |
| Betray the hapless lover | E |
| I know thou doom'st me to despair | F |
| Nor wilt nor canst relieve me | G |
| But oh Eliza hear one prayer | F |
| For pity's sake forgive me | G |
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| III | - |
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| The music of thy voice I heard | H |
| Nor wist while it enslav'd me | G |
| I saw thine eyes yet nothing fear'd | I |
| 'Till fears no more had sav'd me | G |
| The unwary sailor thus aghast | J |
| The wheeling torrent viewing | C |
| 'Mid circling horrors sinks at last | J |
| In overwhelming ruin | A |
Robert Burns
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