Suppressed Stanzas Of "the Vision" Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCAC DDEFGF HHHHHH IJIKJK LLLHLH HHHMHM NONHOH PPPHQH HHHRHR SSSTST HHHUHU HHHHHH HHHLHLWITH 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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