Prayer For Adam Armour. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAC DDDEDE FGFHFH AAAEAE IIIJIJ EEEIEI EEEEEE| Lord pity me for I am little | A |
| An elf of mischief and of mettle | A |
| That can like ony wabster's shuttle | A |
| Jink there or here | B |
| Though scarce as lang's a gude kale whittle | A |
| I'm unco queer | C |
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| Lord pity now our waefu' case | D |
| For Geordie's Jurr we're in disgrace | D |
| Because we stang'd her through the place | D |
| 'Mang hundreds laughin' | E |
| For which we daurna show our face | D |
| Within the clachan | E |
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| And now we're dern'd in glens and hallows | F |
| And hunted as was William Wallace | G |
| By constables those blackguard fellows | F |
| And bailies baith | H |
| O Lord preserve us frae the gallows | F |
| That cursed death | H |
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| Auld grim black bearded Geordie's sel' | A |
| O shake him ewre the mouth o' hell | A |
| And let him hing and roar and yell | A |
| Wi' hideous din | E |
| And if he offers to rebel | A |
| Just heave him in | E |
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| When Death comes in wi' glimmering blink | I |
| And tips auld drunken Nanse the wink' | I |
| Gaur Satan gie her a e a clink | I |
| Behint his yett | J |
| And fill her up wi' brimstone drink | I |
| Red reeking het | J |
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| There's Jockie and the hav'rel Jenny | E |
| Some devil seize them in a hurry | E |
| And waft them in th' infernal wherry | E |
| Straught through the lake | I |
| And gie their hides a noble curry | E |
| Wi' oil of aik | I |
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| As for the lass lascivious body | E |
| She's had mischief enough already | E |
| Weel stang'd by market mill and smiddie | E |
| She's suffer'd sair | E |
| But may she wintle in a widdie | E |
| If she wh re mair | E |
Robert Burns
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