An Exile's Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGI JKJKJKJK LKLKMNMN OPOPAQAQ RSRKTSTK UJUJCDCD| The ocean heaves around us still | A |
| With long and measured swell | B |
| The autumn gales our canvas fill | A |
| Our ship rides smooth and well | B |
| The broad Atlantic's bed of foam | C |
| Still breaks against our prow | D |
| I shed no tears at quitting home | C |
| Nor will I shed them now | D |
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| Against the bulwarks on the poop | E |
| I lean and watch the sun | F |
| Behind the red horizon stoop | E |
| His race is nearly run | F |
| Those waves will never quench his light | G |
| O'er which they seem to close | H |
| To morrow he will rise as bright | G |
| As he this morning rose | I |
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| How brightly gleams the orb of day | J |
| Across the trackless sea | K |
| How lightly dance the waves that play | J |
| Like dolphins in our lee | K |
| The restless waters seem to say | J |
| In smothered tones to me | K |
| How many thousand miles away | J |
| My native land must be | K |
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| Speak Ocean is my Home the same | L |
| Now all is new to me | K |
| The tropic sky's resplendent flame | L |
| The vast expanse of sea | K |
| Does all around her yet unchanged | M |
| The well known aspect wear | N |
| Oh can the leagues that I have ranged | M |
| Have made no difference there | N |
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| How vivid Recollection's hand | O |
| Recalls the scene once more | P |
| I see the same tall poplars stand | O |
| Beside the garden door | P |
| I see the bird cage hanging still | A |
| And where my sister set | Q |
| The flowers in the window sill | A |
| Can they be living yet | Q |
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| Let woman's nature cherish grief | R |
| I rarely heave a sigh | S |
| Before emotion takes relief | R |
| In listless apathy | K |
| While from my pipe the vapours curl | T |
| Towards the evening sky | S |
| And 'neath my feet the billows whirl | T |
| In dull monotony | K |
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| The sky still wears the crimson streak | U |
| Of Sol's departing ray | J |
| Some briny drops are on my cheek | U |
| 'Tis but the salt sea spray | J |
| Then let our barque the ocean roam | C |
| Our keel the billows plough | D |
| I shed no tears at quitting home | C |
| Nor will I shed them now | D |
Adam Lindsay Gordon
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