To Miss Ferrier, Enclosing Elegy On Sir J. H. Blair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAA CDCD EFEF CGCD AHAH| NAE heathen name shall I prefix | A |
| Frae Pindus or Parnassus | B |
| Auld Reekie dings them a' to sticks | A |
| For rhyme inspiring lasses | A |
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| Jove's tunefu' dochters three times three | C |
| Made Homer deep their debtor | D |
| But gien the body half an e'e | C |
| Nine Ferriers wad done better | D |
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| Last day my mind was in a bog | E |
| Down George's Street I stoited | F |
| A creeping cauld prosaic fog | E |
| My very sense doited | F |
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| Do what I dought to set her free | C |
| My saul lay in the mire | G |
| Ye turned a neuk I saw your e'e | C |
| She took the wing like fire | D |
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| The mournfu' sang I here enclose | A |
| In gratitude I send you | H |
| And pray in rhyme as weel as prose | A |
| A' gude things may attend you | H |
Robert Burns
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To Miss Ferrier, Enclosing Elegy On Sir J. H. Blair is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.