Flow Gently, Sweet Afton. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDAA BB EEFF F BB BBCC| Tune Afton Water | A |
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| Flow gently sweet Afton among thy green braes | B |
| Flow gently I'll sing thee a song in thy praise | B |
| My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream | C |
| Flow gently sweet Afton disturb not her dream | C |
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| Thou stock dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen | D |
| Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den | D |
| Thou green crested lapwing thy screaming forbear | A |
| I charge you disturb not my slumbering fair | A |
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| How lofty sweet Afton thy neighbouring hills | B |
| Far mark'd with the courses of clear winding rills | B |
| There daily I wander as noon rises high | - |
| My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye | - |
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| How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below | E |
| Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow | E |
| There oft as mild evening weeps over the lea | F |
| The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me | F |
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| V | F |
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| Thy crystal stream Afton how lovely it glides | B |
| And winds by the cot where my Mary resides | B |
| How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave | - |
| As gathering sweet flow'rets she stems thy clear wave | - |
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| Flow gently sweet Afton among thy green braes | B |
| Flow gently sweet river the theme of my lays | B |
| My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream | C |
| Flow gently sweet Afton disturb not her dream | C |
Robert Burns
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