The Admiral's Return Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BAACCADCEFEFEF| Written on the occasion of the bringing of the body of Admiral John Paul Jones to the United States for reburial | A |
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| Brave ships are these that bear thee home again | B |
| From under far off skies brave flags that fly | A |
| Above the deck whereon thine ashes lie | A |
| Waiting their urn beyond the alien main | C |
| The nations pause to view thy funeral train | C |
| As slowly moving up 'twixt sea and sky | A |
| It comes with stately pomp and Liberty | D |
| Holds out her hands and calls thy name in vain | C |
| And yet mayhap in vision vague and sweet | E |
| Another sight thou seest beyond the boast | F |
| Of patriot pride beside the new born fleet | E |
| Spectral and strange no guest for such a host | F |
| Yet making thy home coming all complete | E |
| The old Bon Homme Richard's unlaid ghost | F |
Charles Hamilton Musgrove
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