Song-mary Morison Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACCDCD EFEGCHID JKLAMNADO MARY at thy window be | A |
It is the wish'd the trysted hour | B |
Those smiles and glances let me see | A |
That make the miser's treasure poor | C |
How blythely was I bide the stour | C |
A weary slave frae sun to sun | D |
Could I the rich reward secure | C |
The lovely Mary Morison | D |
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Yestreen when to the trembling string | E |
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha' | F |
To thee my fancy took its wing | E |
I sat but neither heard nor saw | G |
Tho' this was fair and that was braw | C |
And yon the toast of a' the town | H |
I sigh'd and said among them a' | I |
Ye are na Mary Morison | D |
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Oh Mary canst thou wreck his peace | J |
Wha for thy sake wad gladly die | K |
Or canst thou break that heart of his | L |
Whase only faut is loving thee | A |
If love for love thou wilt na gie | M |
At least be pity to me shown | N |
A thought ungentle canna be | A |
The thought o' Mary Morison | D |
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