To Gavin Hamilton, Esq., Mauchline. (recommending A Boy.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCAACDEDFCGBG HHGBBGIJIJCBGB CCKGBLGEMENOJP| Mossgiel May | A |
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| I | - |
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| I hold it Sir my bounden duty | B |
| To warn you how that Master Tootie | B |
| Alias Laird M'Gaun | C |
| Was here to hire yon lad away | A |
| 'Bout whom ye spak the tither day | A |
| An' wad ha'e done't aff han' | C |
| But lest he learn the callan tricks | D |
| As faith I muckle doubt him | E |
| Like scrapin' out auld Crummie's nicks | D |
| An' tellin' lies about them | F |
| As lieve then I'd have then | C |
| Your clerkship he should sair | G |
| If sae be ye may be | B |
| Not fitted otherwhere | G |
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| II | - |
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| Altho' I say't he's gleg enough | H |
| An' bout a house that's rude an' rough | H |
| The boy might learn to swear | G |
| But then wi' you he'll be sae taught | B |
| An' get sic fair example straught | B |
| I havena ony fear | G |
| Ye'll catechize him every quirk | I |
| An' shore him weel wi' Hell | J |
| An' gar him follow to the kirk | I |
| Ay when ye gang yoursel' | J |
| If ye then maun be then | C |
| Frae hame this comin' Friday | B |
| Then please Sir to lea'e Sir | G |
| The orders wi' your lady | B |
| III | - |
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| My word of honour I hae gien | C |
| In Paisley John's that night at e'n | C |
| To meet the Warld's worm | K |
| To try to get the twa to gree | G |
| An' name the airles an' the fee | B |
| In legal mode an' form | L |
| I ken he weel a snick can draw | G |
| When simple bodies let him | E |
| An' if a Devil be at a' | M |
| In faith he's sure to get him | E |
| To phrase you an' praise you | N |
| Ye ken your Laureat scorns | O |
| The pray'r still you share still | J |
| Of grateful MINSTREL BURNS | P |
Robert Burns
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