Here's To Thy Health, My Bonie Lass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEB BBBBFBGB HBBBIJKL EMENOBPBHERE'S to thy health my bonie lass | A |
Gude nicht and joy be wi' thee | B |
I'll come nae mair to thy bower door | C |
To tell thee that I lo'e thee | B |
O dinna think my pretty pink | D |
But I can live without thee | B |
I vow and swear I dinna care | E |
How lang ye look about ye | B |
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Thou'rt aye sae free informing me | B |
Thou hast nae mind to marry | B |
I'll be as free informing thee | B |
Nae time hae I to tarry | B |
I ken thy frien's try ilka means | F |
Frae wedlock to delay thee | B |
Depending on some higher chance | G |
But fortune may betray thee | B |
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I ken they scorn my low estate | H |
But that does never grieve me | B |
For I'm as free as any he | B |
Sma' siller will relieve me | B |
I'll count my health my greatest wealth | I |
Sae lang as I'll enjoy it | J |
I'll fear nae scant I'll bode nae want | K |
As lang's I get employment | L |
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But far off fowls hae feathers fair | E |
And aye until ye try them | M |
Tho' they seem fair still have a care | E |
They may prove waur than I am | N |
But at twal' at night when the moon shines bright | O |
My dear I'll come and see thee | B |
For the man that loves his mistress weel | P |
Nae travel makes him weary | B |
Robert Burns
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