Yarrow Unvisited Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DE FDDDDEDE GCHCDEDE IIDIDEDE JKJKLEME ICNCOEPE QEQEEEEE HDHDDEJE RSTSEEEE| See the various Poems the scene of which is laid upon | A |
| the banks of the Yarrow in particular the exquisite | B |
| Ballad of Hamilton beginning | C |
| - | |
| Busk ye busk ye my bonny bonny Bride | D |
| Busk ye busk ye my winsome Marrow | E |
| - | |
| From Stirling castle we had seen | F |
| The mazy Forth unravelled | D |
| Had trod the banks of Clyde and Tay | D |
| And with the Tweed had travelled | D |
| And when we came to Clovenford | D |
| Then said my winsome Marrow | E |
| Whate'er betide we'll turn aside | D |
| And see the Braes of Yarrow | E |
| - | |
| Let Yarrow folk frae Selkirk town | G |
| Who have been buying selling | C |
| Go back to Yarrow 'tis their own | H |
| Each maiden to her dwelling | C |
| On Yarrow's banks let her herons feed | D |
| Hares couch and rabbits burrow | E |
| But we will downward with the Tweed | D |
| Nor turn aside to Yarrow | E |
| - | |
| There's Galla Water Leader Haughs | I |
| Both lying right before us | I |
| And Dryborough where with chiming Tweed | D |
| The lintwhites sing in chorus | I |
| There's pleasant Tiviot dale a land | D |
| Made blithe with plough and harrow | E |
| Why throw away a needful day | D |
| To go in search of Yarrow | E |
| - | |
| What's Yarrow but a river bare | J |
| That glides the dark hills under | K |
| There are a thousand such elsewhere | J |
| As worthy of your wonder | K |
| Strange words they seemed of slight and scorn | L |
| My True love sighed for sorrow | E |
| And looked me in the face to think | M |
| I thus could speak of Yarrow | E |
| - | |
| Oh green said I are Yarrow's holms | I |
| And sweet is Yarrow flowing | C |
| Fair hangs the apple frae the rock | N |
| But we will leave it growing | C |
| O'er hilly path and open Strath | O |
| We'll wander Scotland thorough | E |
| But though so near we will not turn | P |
| Into the dale of Yarrow | E |
| - | |
| Let beeves and home bred kine partake | Q |
| The sweets of Burn mill meadow | E |
| The swan on still St Mary's Lake | Q |
| Float double swan and shadow | E |
| We will not see them will not go | E |
| To day nor yet to morrow | E |
| Enough if in our hearts we know | E |
| There's such a place as Yarrow | E |
| - | |
| Be Yarrow stream unseen unknown | H |
| It must or we shall rue it | D |
| We have a vision of our own | H |
| Ah why should we undo it | D |
| The treasured dreams of times long past | D |
| We'll keep them winsome Marrow | E |
| For when we'er there although 'tis fair | J |
| 'Twill be another Yarrow | E |
| - | |
| If Care with freezing years should come | R |
| And wandering seem but folly | S |
| Should we be loth to stir from home | T |
| And yet be melancholy | S |
| Should life be dull and spirits low | E |
| 'Twill soothe us in our sorrow | E |
| That earth has something yet to show | E |
| The bonny holms of Yarrow | E |
William Wordsworth
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Yarrow Unvisited
Yarrow Unvisited is a poem by William Wordsworth. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Yarrow Unvisited poem by William Wordsworth
Best Poems of William Wordsworth
