The Good Ship "ohio." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEBFBGB HBIBJBKALAMA| Swift o'er the lee when the wind flies free | A |
| Follows the ship Ohio | B |
| With skies o'ercast she bends to the blast | C |
| Like a billowy bird she can fly O | B |
| And she'll leave all behind in a whispering wind | D |
| As soft as a maiden's sigh O | B |
| Or when o'er the Lakes the storm cloud breaks | E |
| And the waves scoop their murderous hollow | B |
| While the weaker ship to its mooring must slip | F |
| And safe in a harbor wallow | B |
| In the front of the storm she fills her white form | G |
| And the demons of danger follow | B |
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| O for the life 'mid the storm and the strife | H |
| Of sailor and storm and billow | B |
| Far be my bed from the lubberly dead | I |
| That sleep near the wailing willow | B |
| But give me the grave of the mutinous wave | J |
| With its heaving and whistling pillow | B |
| Down from the skies look the spectral eyes | K |
| Of our kelpie sprite and bewailer | A |
| And gathering in crowds by the shivering shrouds | L |
| They croon while our cheeks grow paler | A |
| And they sing as they sweep o'er the clamorous deep | M |
| We love the hot heart of a sailor | A |
A. H. Laidlaw
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