I Dream'd I Lay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAC ADADEFEF| I dream'd I lay where flowers were springing | A |
| Gaily in the sunny beam | B |
| List'ning to the wild birds singing | A |
| By a falling crystal stream | B |
| Straight the sky grew black and daring | A |
| Thro' the woods the whirlwinds rave | C |
| Tress with aged arms were warring | A |
| O'er the swelling drumlie wave | C |
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| Such was my life's deceitful morning | A |
| Such the pleasures I enjoyed | D |
| But lang or noon loud tempests storming | A |
| A' my flowery bliss destroy'd | D |
| Tho' fickle fortune has deceiv'd me | E |
| She promis'd fair and perform'd but ill | F |
| Of mony a joy and hope bereav'd me | E |
| I bear a heart shall support me still | F |
Robert Burns
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