The Chevalier's Lament. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDBD EFGHIIJK| Tune Captain O'Kean | A |
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| I | - |
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| The small birds rejoice in the green leaves returning | B |
| The murmuring streamlet winds clear thro' the vale | C |
| The hawthorn trees blow in the dew of the morning | B |
| And wild scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale | C |
| But what can give pleasure or what can seem fair | D |
| While the lingering moments are number'd by care | D |
| No flow'rs gaily springing nor birds sweetly singing | B |
| Can soothe the sad bosom of joyless despair | D |
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| II | - |
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| The deed that I dared could it merit their malice | E |
| A king and a father to place on his throne | F |
| His right are these hills and his right are these valleys | G |
| Where the wild beasts find shelter but I can find none | H |
| But 'tis not my sufferings thus wretched forlorn | I |
| My brave gallant friends 'tis your ruin I mourn | I |
| Your deeds proved so loyal in hot bloody trial | J |
| Alas I can make you no sweeter return | K |
Robert Burns
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