Mark Yonder Pomp Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDEFFGGE HIJIKKLMN OL| Tune Deil tak the wars | A |
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| I | - |
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| Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion | B |
| Round the wealthy titled bride | C |
| But when compar'd with real passion | B |
| Poor is all that princely pride | C |
| What are the showy treasures | D |
| What are the noisy pleasures | D |
| The gay gaudy glare of vanity and art | E |
| The polish'd jewel's blaze | F |
| May draw the wond'ring gaze | F |
| And courtly grandeur bright | G |
| The fancy may delight | G |
| But never never can come near the heart | E |
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| II | - |
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| But did you see my dearest Chloris | H |
| In simplicity's array | I |
| Lovely as yonder sweet opening flower is | J |
| Shrinking from the gaze of day | I |
| O then the heart alarming | K |
| And all resistless charming | K |
| In Love's delightful fetters she chains the willing soul | L |
| Ambition would disown | M |
| The world's imperial crown | N |
| Even Avarice would deny | - |
| His worship'd deity | O |
| And feel thro' every vein Love's raptures roll | L |
Robert Burns
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