The Gloomy Night Is Gath'ring Fast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDE FFGGHHDE IIJJKKDE LLLLLLDE| The gloomy night is gath'ring fast | A |
| Loud roars the wild inconstant blast | A |
| Yon murky cloud is filled with rain | B |
| I see it driving o'er the plain | B |
| The hunter now has left the moor | C |
| The scatt'red coveys meet secure | C |
| While here I wander prest with care | D |
| Along the lonely banks of Ayr | E |
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| The Autumn mourns her rip'ning corn | F |
| By early Winter's ravage torn | F |
| Across her placid azure sky | G |
| She sees the scowling tempest fly | G |
| Chill runs my blood to hear it rave | H |
| I think upon the stormy wave | H |
| Where many a danger I must dare | D |
| Far from the bonie banks of Ayr | E |
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| 'Tis not the surging billows' roar | I |
| 'Tis not the fatal deadly shore | I |
| Tho' death inev'ry shape appear | J |
| The wretched have no more to fear | J |
| But round my heart the ties are bound | K |
| That heart transpierc'd with many a wound | K |
| These bleed afresh those ties I tear | D |
| To leave the bonie banks of Ayr | E |
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| Farewell old Coila's hills and dales | L |
| Her heathy moors and winding vales | L |
| The scenes where wretched Fancy roves | L |
| Pursuing past unhappy loves | L |
| Farewell my friends Farewell my foes | L |
| My peace with these my love with those | L |
| The bursting tears my heart declare | D |
| Farewell my bonie banks of Ayr | E |
Robert Burns
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The Gloomy Night Is Gath'ring Fast is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.