Nature's Law: A Poem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHGIEJKJ LMLMNOPO QNQRLDSD TLTLLNUN VLVLKLWL| LET other heroes boast their scars | A |
| The marks of sturt and strife | B |
| And other poets sing of wars | C |
| The plagues of human life | B |
| Shame fa' the fun wi' sword and gun | D |
| To slap mankind like lumber | E |
| I sing his name and nobler fame | F |
| Wha multiplies our number | E |
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| Great Nature spoke with air benign | G |
| Go on ye human race | H |
| This lower world I you resign | G |
| Be fruitful and increase | I |
| The liquid fire of strong desire | E |
| I've pour'd it in each bosom | J |
| Here on this had does Mankind stand | K |
| And there is Beauty's blossom | J |
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| The Hero of these artless strains | L |
| A lowly bard was he | M |
| Who sung his rhymes in Coila's plains | L |
| With meikle mirth an'glee | M |
| Kind Nature's care had given his share | N |
| Large of the flaming current | O |
| And all devout he never sought | P |
| To stem the sacred torrent | O |
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| He felt the powerful high behest | Q |
| Thrill vital thro' and thro' | N |
| And sought a correspondent breast | Q |
| To give obedience due | R |
| Propitious Powers screen'd the young flow'rs | L |
| From mildews of abortion | D |
| And low the bard a great reward | S |
| Has got a double portion | D |
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| Auld cantie Coil may count the day | T |
| As annual it returns | L |
| The third of Libra's equal sway | T |
| That gave another Burns | L |
| With future rhymes an' other times | L |
| To emulate his sire | N |
| To sing auld Coil in nobler style | U |
| With more poetic fire | N |
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| Ye Powers of peace and peaceful song | V |
| Look down with gracious eyes | L |
| And bless auld Coila large and long | V |
| With multiplying joys | L |
| Lang may she stand to prop the land | K |
| The flow'r of ancient nations | L |
| And Burnses spring her fame to sing | W |
| To endless generations | L |
Robert Burns
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