Written In Friars' Carse Hermitage (second Version) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DEFG HHIIJJ KKLLMMNNOP QRSSTTUUVMWWXYZZYYA2 A2B2C2 D2D2E2E2F2F2F2G2G2| THOU whom chance may hither lead | A |
| Be thou clad in russet weed | B |
| Be thou deckt in silken stole | C |
| Grave these counsels on thy soul | C |
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| Life is but a day at most | D |
| Sprung from night in darkness lost | E |
| Hope not sunshine ev'ry hour | F |
| Fear not clouds will always lour | G |
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| As Youth and Love with sprightly dance | H |
| Beneath thy morning star advance | H |
| Pleasure with her siren air | I |
| May delude the thoughtless pair | I |
| Let Prudence bless Enjoyment's cup | J |
| Then raptur'd sip and sip it up | J |
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| As thy day grows warm and high | K |
| Life's meridian flaming nigh | K |
| Dost thou spurn the humble vale | L |
| Life's proud summits wouldst thou scale | L |
| Check thy climbing step elate | M |
| Evils lurk in felon wait | M |
| Dangers eagle pinioned bold | N |
| Soar around each cliffy hold | N |
| While cheerful Peace with linnet song | O |
| Chants the lowly dells among | P |
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| As the shades of ev'ning close | Q |
| Beck'ning thee to long repose | R |
| As life itself becomes disease | S |
| Seek the chimney nook of ease | S |
| There ruminate with sober thought | T |
| On all thou'st seen and heard and wrought | T |
| And teach the sportive younkers round | U |
| Saws of experience sage and sound | U |
| Say man's true genuine estimate | V |
| The grand criterion of his fate | M |
| Is not Arth thou high or low | W |
| Did thy fortune ebb or flow | W |
| Did many talents gild thy span | X |
| Or frugal Nature grudge thee one | Y |
| Tell them and press it on their mind | Z |
| As thou thyself must shortly find | Z |
| The smile or frown of awful Heav'n | Y |
| To virtue or to Vice is giv'n | Y |
| Say to be just and kind and wise | A2 |
| There solid self enjoyment lies | A2 |
| That foolish selfish faithless ways | B2 |
| Lead to be wretched vile and base | C2 |
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| Thus resign'd and quiet creep | D2 |
| To the bed of lasting sleep | D2 |
| Sleep whence thou shalt ne'er awake | E2 |
| Night where dawn shall never break | E2 |
| Till future life future no more | F2 |
| To light and joy the good restore | F2 |
| To light and joy unknown before | F2 |
| Stranger go Heav'n be thy guide | G2 |
| Quod the Beadsman of Nithside | G2 |
Robert Burns
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