Sea Dreamings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHFF HAHAII JBJBFF KAKALL| To day a bird on wings as white as foam | A |
| That crests the blue gray wave | B |
| With the vesper light upon its breast flew home | A |
| Seaward The God who gave | B |
| To the birds the virgin wings of snow | C |
| Somehow telleth them the ways they go | C |
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| Unto the Evening went the white winged bird | D |
| Gray clouds hung round the West | E |
| And far away the tempest's tramp was heard | D |
| The bird flew for a rest | E |
| Away from the grove out to the sea | F |
| Is it only a bird's mystery | F |
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| Nay nay lone bird I watched thy wings of white | G |
| That cleft thy waveward way | H |
| Past the evening and swift into the night | G |
| Out of the calm bright day | H |
| And thou didst teach me bird of the sea | F |
| More than one human heart's history | F |
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| Only men's hearts tho' God shows each its way | H |
| That leadeth hence to home | A |
| Unlike the wild sea birds somehow go astray | H |
| Seeking in the far foam | A |
| Of this strange world's tempest trampled main | I |
| A resting place but they seek in vain | I |
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| Only the bird can rest upon the deep | J |
| And sleep upon the wave | B |
| And dream its peaceful dreams where wild winds sweep | J |
| And sweet the God who gave | B |
| The birds a rest place on the restless sea | F |
| But this my heart is not His way with thee | F |
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| Over the world ah passion's tempests roll | K |
| And every fleck of foam | A |
| Whitens the place where sank some sin wrecked soul | K |
| That never shall reach home | A |
| Ah the tranquil shore of God's sweet calm grace | L |
| My heart is thy only resting place | L |
Abram Joseph Ryan
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