Song-poortith Cauld And Restless Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEAE FBGBB HIJIB FKFLB MHMHH| O POORTITH cauld and restless love | A |
| Ye wrack my peace between ye | B |
| Yet poortith a' I could forgive | C |
| An 'twere na for my Jeanie | B |
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| Chorus O why should Fate sic pleasure have | D |
| Life's dearest bands untwining | E |
| Or why sae sweet a flower as love | A |
| Depend on Fortune's shining | E |
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| The warld's wealth when I think on | F |
| It's pride and a' the lave o't | B |
| O fie on silly coward man | G |
| That he should be the slave o't | B |
| O why c | B |
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| Her e'en sae bonie blue betray | H |
| How she repays my passion | I |
| But prudence is her o'erword aye | J |
| She talks o' rank and fashion | I |
| O why c | B |
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| O wha can prudence think upon | F |
| And sic a lassie by him | K |
| O wha can prudence think upon | F |
| And sae in love as I am | L |
| O why c | B |
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| How blest the simple cotter's fate | M |
| He woos his artless dearie | H |
| The silly bogles wealth and state | M |
| Can never make him eerie | H |
| O why c | H |
Robert Burns
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