Song-talk Of Him That's Far Awa Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFH BDBEMUSING on the roaring ocean | A |
Which divides my love and me | B |
Wearying heav'n in warm devotion | A |
For his weal where'er he be | B |
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Hope and Fear's alternate billow | C |
Yielding late to Nature's law | D |
Whispering spirits round my pillow | C |
Talk of him that's far awa | E |
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Ye whom sorrow never wounded | F |
Ye who never shed a tear | G |
Care untroubled joy surrounded | F |
Gaudy day to you is dear | H |
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Gentle night do thou befriend me | B |
Downy sleep the curtain draw | D |
Spirits kind again attend me | B |
Talk of him that's far awa | E |
Robert Burns
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