Lament For James, Earl Of Glencairn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEF GHIJKGLG GMNMGOIO ODPDGQRQ HDDDSMTM HGUGDVDV KMGMWQCQ XYZYDMGM A2IA2B2GC2D2C2 E2DDDF2DDD| ing beam | A |
| Look'd on the fading yellow woods | B |
| That wav'd o'er Lugar's winding stream | A |
| Beneath a craigy steep a Bard | C |
| Laden with years and meikle pain | D |
| In loud lament bewail'd his lord | E |
| Whom Death had all untimely ta'en | F |
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| He lean'd him to an ancient aik | G |
| Whose trunk was mould'ring down with years | H |
| His locks were bleached white with time | I |
| His hoary cheek was wet wi' tears | J |
| And as he touch'd his trembling harp | K |
| And as he tun'd his doleful sang | G |
| The winds lamenting thro' their caves | L |
| To Echo bore the notes alang | G |
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| Ye scatter'd birds that faintly sing | G |
| The reliques o' the vernal queir | M |
| Ye woods that shed on a' the winds | N |
| The honours of the ag d year | M |
| A few short months and glad and gay | G |
| Again ye'll charm the ear and e'e | O |
| But nocht in all revolving time | I |
| Can gladness bring again to me | O |
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| I am a bending ag d tree | O |
| That long has stood the wind and rain | D |
| But now has come a cruel blast | P |
| And my last hald of earth is gane | D |
| Nae leaf o' mine shall greet the spring | G |
| Nae simmer sun exalt my bloom | Q |
| But I maun lie before the storm | R |
| And ithers plant them in my room | Q |
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| I've seen sae mony changefu' years | H |
| On earth I am a stranger grown | D |
| I wander in the ways of men | D |
| Alike unknowing and unknown | D |
| Unheard unpitied unreliev'd | S |
| I bear alane my lade o' care | M |
| For silent low on beds of dust | T |
| Lie a' that would my sorrows share | M |
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| And last the sum of a' my griefs | H |
| My noble master lies in clay | G |
| The flow'r amang our barons bold | U |
| His country's pride his country's stay | G |
| In weary being now I pine | D |
| For a' the life of life is dead | V |
| And hope has left may aged ken | D |
| On forward wing for ever fled | V |
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| Awake thy last sad voice my harp | K |
| The voice of woe and wild despair | M |
| Awake resound thy latest lay | G |
| Then sleep in silence evermair | M |
| And thou my last best only friend | W |
| That fillest an untimely tomb | Q |
| Accept this tribute from the Bard | C |
| Thou brought from Fortune's mirkest gloom | Q |
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| In Poverty's low barren vale | X |
| Thick mists obscure involv'd me round | Y |
| Though oft I turn'd the wistful eye | Z |
| Nae ray of fame was to be found | Y |
| Thou found'st me like the morning sun | D |
| That melts the fogs in limpid air | M |
| The friendless bard and rustic song | G |
| Became alike thy fostering care | M |
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| O why has worth so short a date | A2 |
| While villains ripen grey with time | I |
| Must thou the noble gen'rous great | A2 |
| Fall in bold manhood's hardy prim | B2 |
| Why did I live to see that day | G |
| A day to me so full of woe | C2 |
| O had I met the mortal shaft | D2 |
| That laid my benefactor low | C2 |
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| The bridegroom may forget the bride | E2 |
| Was made his wedded wife yestreen | D |
| The monarch may forget the crown | D |
| That on his head an hour has been | D |
| The mother may forget the child | F2 |
| That smiles sae sweetly on her knee | D |
| But I'll remember thee Glencairn | D |
| And a' that thou hast done for me | D |
Robert Burns
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