Here's To Thy Health, My Bonie Lass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEB BBBBFBGB HBBBIJKL EMENOBPB

HERE'S to thy health my bonie lassA
Gude nicht and joy be wi' theeB
I'll come nae mair to thy bower doorC
To tell thee that I lo'e theeB
O dinna think my pretty pinkD
But I can live without theeB
I vow and swear I dinna careE
How lang ye look about yeB
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Thou'rt aye sae free informing meB
Thou hast nae mind to marryB
I'll be as free informing theeB
Nae time hae I to tarryB
I ken thy frien's try ilka meansF
Frae wedlock to delay theeB
Depending on some higher chanceG
But fortune may betray theeB
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I ken they scorn my low estateH
But that does never grieve meB
For I'm as free as any heB
Sma' siller will relieve meB
I'll count my health my greatest wealthI
Sae lang as I'll enjoy itJ
I'll fear nae scant I'll bode nae wantK
As lang's I get employmentL
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But far off fowls hae feathers fairE
And aye until ye try themM
Tho' they seem fair still have a careE
They may prove waur than I amN
But at twal' at night when the moon shines brightO
My dear I'll come and see theeB
For the man that loves his mistress weelP
Nae travel makes him wearyB

Robert Burns



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