The Ancient Town Of Leith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEE DCFF GGHH II E AAJJ CCKK LLII MMEE NNOO PPQQ RREE| Ancient town of Leith most wonderful to be seen | A |
| With your many handsome buildings and lovely links so green | A |
| And the first buildings I may mention are the Courthouse and Town Hall | B |
| Also Trinity House and the Sailors' Home of Call | B |
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| Then as for Leith Fort it was erected in which is really grand | C |
| And which is now the artillery headquarters in Bonnie Scotland | D |
| And as for the Docks they are magnificent to see | E |
| They comprise five docks two piers yards long respectively | E |
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| And there's steamboat communication with London and the North of Scotland | D |
| And the fares are really cheap and the accommodation most grand | C |
| Then there's many public works in Leith such as flour mills | F |
| And chemical works where medicines are made for curing many ills | F |
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| Besides there are sugar refineries and distilleries | G |
| Also engineer works saw mills rope works and breweries | G |
| Where many of the inhabitants are daily employed | H |
| And the wages they receive make their hearts feel overjoyed | H |
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| In past times Leith shared the fortunes of Edinboro' | I |
| Because if withstood nine months' siege which caused them great sorrow | I |
| They fought against the Protestants in and in ' | - |
| But they beat them back manfully and made them flee | E |
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| Then there's Bailie Gibson's fish shop most elegant to be seen | A |
| And the fish he sells there are beautiful and clean | A |
| And for himself he is a very good man | J |
| And to deny it there's few people can | J |
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| The suburban villas of Leith are elegant and grand | C |
| With accommodation that might suit the greatest lady in the land | C |
| And the air is pure and good for the people's health | K |
| And health I'm sure is better by far than wealth | K |
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| The Links of Leith are beautiful for golfers to play | L |
| After they have finished the toils of the day | L |
| It is good for their health to play at golf there | I |
| On that very beautiful green and breathe the pure air | I |
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| The old town of Leith is situated at the junction of the River of Leith | M |
| Which springs from the land of heather and heath | M |
| And no part in the Empire is growing so rapidly | E |
| Which the inhabitants of Leith are right glad to see | E |
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| And Leith in every way is in itself independent | N |
| And has been too busy to attend to its own adornment | N |
| But I venture to say and also mention | O |
| That the authorities to the town will pay more attention | O |
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| Ancient town of Leith I must now conclude my muse | P |
| And to write in praise of thee my pen does not refuse | P |
| Because the inhabitants to me have been very kind | Q |
| And I'm sure more generous people would be hard to find | Q |
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| They are very affable in temper and void of pride | R |
| And I hope God will always for them provide | R |
| May He shower His blessings upon them by land and sea | E |
| Because they have always been very kind to me | E |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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