The Lass Of Ballochmyle. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCCDCD EFE D D GHGHHDID A EJKJJDJD A LMLMMDMD| Tune Miss Forbes's Farewell to Banff | A |
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| I | - |
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| 'Twas even the dewy fields were green | B |
| On every blade the pearls hang | C |
| The zephyr wanton'd round the bean | B |
| And bore its fragrant sweets alang | C |
| In ev'ry glen the mavis sang | C |
| All nature listening seem'd the while | D |
| Except where greenwood echoes rang | C |
| Amang the braes o' Ballochmyle | D |
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| II | - |
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| With careless step I onward stray'd | E |
| My heart rejoic'd in nature's joy | F |
| When musing in a lonely glade | E |
| A maiden fair I chanc'd to spy | - |
| Her look was like the morning's eye | - |
| Her air like nature's vernal smile | D |
| Perfection whisper'd passing by | - |
| Behold the lass o' Ballochmyle | D |
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| Fair is the morn in flow'ry May | G |
| And sweet is night in autumn mild | H |
| When roving thro' the garden gay | G |
| Or wand'ring in the lonely wild | H |
| But woman nature's darling child | H |
| There all her charms she does compile | D |
| Even there her other works are foil'd | I |
| By the bonnie lass o' Ballochmyle | D |
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| IV | A |
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| O had she been a country maid | E |
| And I the happy country swain | J |
| Tho' shelter'd in the lowest shed | K |
| That ever rose on Scotland's plain | J |
| Thro' weary winter's wind and rain | J |
| With joy with rapture I would toil | D |
| And nightly to my bosom strain | J |
| The bonnie lass of Ballochmyle | D |
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| V | A |
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| Then pride might climb the slippery steep | L |
| Where fame and honours lofty shine | M |
| And thirst of gold might tempt the deep | L |
| Or downward seek the Indian mine | M |
| Give me the cot below the pine | M |
| To tend the flocks or till the soil | D |
| And ev'ry day have joys divine | M |
| With the bonnie lass o' Ballochmyle | D |
Robert Burns
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