Farewell To The Banks Of Ayr Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDE FFGGHHDE IIJJKKDE LLLLLLDETHE GLOOMY night is gath'ring fast | A |
Loud roars the wild inconstant blast | A |
Yon murky cloud is foul with rain | B |
I see it driving o'er the plain | B |
The hunter now has left the moor | C |
The scatt'red coveys meet secure | C |
While here I wander prest with care | D |
Along the lonely banks of Ayr | E |
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The Autumn mourns her rip'ning corn | F |
By early Winter's ravage torn | F |
Across her placid azure sky | G |
She sees the scowling tempest fly | G |
Chill runs my blood to hear it rave | H |
I think upon the stormy wave | H |
Where many a danger I must dare | D |
Far from the bonie banks of Ayr | E |
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'Tis not the surging billow's roar | I |
'Tis not that fatal deadly shore | I |
Tho' death in ev'ry shape appear | J |
The wretched have no more to fear | J |
But round my heart the ties are bound | K |
That heart transpierc'd with many a wound | K |
These bleed afresh those ties I tear | D |
To leave the bonie banks of Ayr | E |
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Farewell old Coila's hills and dales | L |
Her healthy moors and winding vales | L |
The scenes where wretched Fancy roves | L |
Pursuing past unhappy loves | L |
Farewell my friends farewell my foes | L |
My peace with these my love with those | L |
The bursting tears my heart declare | D |
Farewell the bonie banks of Ayr | E |
Robert Burns
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