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 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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