The Voyage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB AACC AADD EEFF GGHH AAII| We planned a glorious voyage my Captain bold and I | A |
| To sail in bliss on summer seas while halcyon days went by | A |
| And underneath a speckless sky in a little dancing breeze | B |
| We decked our craft with roses and launched it on the seas | B |
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| Yes we would sail together my Captain gay and I | A |
| Past miles and miles of blossomed shore with sheltering harbours nigh | A |
| We would not tempt the trackless seas nor roam the waters dark | C |
| Les Love the tricksy pilot should e er desert our bark | C |
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| Alas For all our planning my Captain brave and I | A |
| We drove before a whistling gale beneath a lowering sky | A |
| For the fierce storms came up on us scarce half a league from home | D |
| And flung our crimson roses in the bitter blinding foam | D |
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| Silent our lilting love songs untouched our gay guitar | E |
| As side by side we toil and strive where raging tempests are | E |
| But though in ceaseless labour our earnest days are spent | F |
| A voiceless song is in our souls a song of glad content | F |
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| For Love the tricksy pilot still at our helm he sings | G |
| Our darkest night is luminous with torchlight from his wings | G |
| Loudly he sings and sweetly above the whistling gale | H |
| And with Love s music in our hearts how could we turn or quail | H |
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| Content we sail together my Captain true and I | A |
| Unheeding of the raging waves or of the threatening sky | A |
| With His strong hand to guard us and Love to guide the boat | I |
| The happiest pair of mariners that God has set afloat | I |
Alice Guerin Crist
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