Monody On A Lady, Famed For Her Caprice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFH IJIJ KLKL| HOW cold is that bosom which folly once fired | A |
| How pale is that cheek where the rouge lately glisten'd | B |
| How silent that tongue which the echoes oft tired | A |
| How dull is that ear which to flatt'ry so listen'd | B |
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| If sorrow and anguish their exit await | C |
| From friendship and dearest affection remov'd | D |
| How doubly severer Maria thy fate | C |
| Thou diedst unwept as thou livedst unlov'd | E |
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| Loves Graces and Virtues I call not on you | F |
| So shy grave and distant ye shed not a tear | G |
| But come all ye offspring of Folly so true | F |
| And flowers let us cull for Maria's cold bier | H |
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| We'll search through the garden for each silly flower | I |
| We'll roam thro' the forest for each idle weed | J |
| But chiefly the nettle so typical shower | I |
| For none e'er approach'd her but rued the rash deed | J |
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| We'll sculpture the marble we'll measure the lay | K |
| Here Vanity strums on her idiot lyre | L |
| There keen Indignation shall dart on his prey | K |
| Which spurning Contempt shall redeem from his ire | L |
Robert Burns
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Monody On A Lady, Famed For Her Caprice is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.