The Lazy Mist. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDEFF GGHHIIJK| Tune The lazy mist | A |
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| The lazy mist hangs from the brow of the hill | B |
| Concealing the course of the dark winding rill | B |
| How languid the scenes late so sprightly appear | C |
| As Autumn to Winter resigns the pale year | C |
| The forests are leafless the meadows are brown | D |
| And all the gay foppery of summer is flown | E |
| Apart let me wander apart let me muse | F |
| How quick Time is flying how keen Fate pursues | F |
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| How long have I liv'd but how much liv'd in vain | G |
| How little of life's scanty span may remain | G |
| What aspects old Time in his progress has worn | H |
| What ties cruel Fate in my bosom has torn | H |
| How foolish or worse till our summit is gain'd | I |
| And downward how weaken'd how darken'd how pain'd | I |
| Life is not worth having with all it can give | J |
| For something beyond it poor man sure must live | K |
Robert Burns
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