Suppressed Stanzas Of "the Vision" Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCAC DDEFGF HHHHHH IJIKJK LLLHLH HHHMHM NONHOH PPPHQH HHHRHR SSSTST HHHUHU HHHHHH HHHLHL| WITH secret throes I marked that earth | A |
| That cottage witness of my birth | A |
| And near I saw bold issuing forth | B |
| In youthful pride | C |
| A Lindsay race of noble worth | A |
| Famed far and wide | C |
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| Where hid behind a spreading wood | D |
| An ancient Pict built mansion stood | D |
| I spied among an angel brood | E |
| A female pair | F |
| Sweet shone their high maternal blood | G |
| And father's air | F |
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| An ancient tower to memory brought | H |
| How Dettingen's bold hero fought | H |
| Still far from sinking into nought | H |
| It owns a lord | H |
| Who far in western climates fought | H |
| With trusty sword | H |
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| Among the rest I well could spy | I |
| One gallant graceful martial boy | J |
| The soldier sparkled in his eye | I |
| A diamond water | K |
| I blest that noble badge with joy | J |
| That owned me frater | K |
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| After th stanza of the text at Dispensing good Near by arose a mansion fine | L |
| The seat of many a muse divine | L |
| Not rustic muses such as mine | L |
| With holly crown'd | H |
| But th' ancient tuneful laurell'd Nine | L |
| From classic ground | H |
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| I mourn'd the card that Fortune dealt | H |
| To see where bonie Whitefoords dwelt | H |
| But other prospects made me melt | H |
| That village near | M |
| There Nature Friendship Love I felt | H |
| Fond mingling dear | M |
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| Hail Nature's pang more strong than death | N |
| Warm Friendship's glow like kindling wrath | O |
| Love dearer than the parting breath | N |
| Of dying friend | H |
| Not ev'n with life's wild devious path | O |
| Your force shall end | H |
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| The Power that gave the soft alarms | P |
| In blooming Whitefoord's rosy charms | P |
| Still threats the tiny feather'd arms | P |
| The barbed dart | H |
| While lovely Wilhelmina warms | Q |
| The coldest heart | H |
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| After st stanza of the text at That to adore Where Lugar leaves his moorland plaid | H |
| Where lately Want was idly laid | H |
| I mark d busy bustling Trade | H |
| In fervid flame | R |
| Beneath a Patroness' aid | H |
| Of noble name | R |
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| Wild countless hills I could survey | S |
| And countless flocks as wild as they | S |
| But other scenes did charms display | S |
| That better please | T |
| Where polish'd manners dwell with Gray | S |
| In rural ease | T |
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| Where Cessnock pours with gurgling sound | H |
| And Irwine marking out the bound | H |
| Enamour'd of the scenes around | H |
| Slow runs his race | U |
| A name I doubly honour'd found | H |
| With knightly grace | U |
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| Brydon's brave ward I saw him stand | H |
| Fame humbly offering her hand | H |
| And near his kinsman's rustic band | H |
| With one accord | H |
| Lamenting their late blessed land | H |
| Must change its lord | H |
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| The owner of a pleasant spot | H |
| Near and sandy wilds I last did note | H |
| A heart too warm a pulse too hot | H |
| At times o'erran | L |
| But large in ev'ry feature wrote | H |
| Appear'd the Man | L |
Robert Burns
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Suppressed Stanzas Of "the Vision" is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
