The Lover-s Morning Salute To His Mistress Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDEFGBCE HIHIJJBKKLLC| Sleep'st thou or wak st thou fairest creature | A |
| Rosy morn now lifts his eye | B |
| Numbering ilka bud which Nature | A |
| Waters wi the tears o joy | C |
| Now to the streaming fountain | D |
| Or up the heathy mountain | D |
| The hart hind and roe freely wildly wanton stray | E |
| In twining hazel bowers | F |
| Its lay the linnet pours | G |
| The laverock to the sky | B |
| Ascends wi sangs o joy | C |
| While the sun and thou arise to bless the day | E |
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| Phoebus gilding the brow of morning | H |
| Banishes ilk darksome shade | I |
| Nature gladdening and adorning | H |
| Such to me my lovely maid | I |
| When frae my Chloris parted | J |
| Sad cheerless broken hearted | J |
| The night s gloomy shades cloudy dark o ercast my sky | B |
| But when she charms my sight | K |
| In pride of Beauty s light | K |
| When thro my very heart | L |
| Her burning glories dart | L |
| Tis then tis then I wake to life and joy | C |
Robert Burns
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