The Lover's Morning Salute To His Mistress. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B BCDEFBB CF GHGHII JJKKC| Tune Deil tak the Wars | A |
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| I | - |
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| Sleep'st thou or wak'st thou fairest creature | B |
| Rosy Morn now lifts his eye | - |
| Numbering ilka bud which nature | B |
| Waters wi' the tears o' joy | C |
| Now through the leafy woods | D |
| And by the reeking floods | E |
| Wild nature's tenants freely gladly stray | F |
| The lintwhite in his bower | B |
| Chants o'er the breathing flower | B |
| The lav'rock to the sky | - |
| Ascends wi' sangs o' joy | C |
| While the sun and thou arise to bless the day | F |
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| II | - |
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| Phoebus gilding the brow o' morning | G |
| Banishes ilk darksome shade | H |
| Nature gladdening and adorning | G |
| Such to me my lovely maid | H |
| When absent frae my fair | I |
| The murky shades o' care | I |
| With starless gloom o'ercast my sullen sky | - |
| But when in beauty's light | J |
| She meets my ravish'd sight | J |
| When thro' my very heart | K |
| Her beaming glories dart | K |
| 'Tis then I wake to life to light and joy | C |
Robert Burns
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