The Coffee Slips Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJK LMNOPPQQEEBBFFRRPP| Whene'er I fragrant coffee drink | A |
| I on the generous Frenchman think | A |
| Whose noble perseverance bore | B |
| The tree to Martinico's shore | B |
| While yet her colony was new | C |
| Her island products but a few | C |
| Two shoots from off a coffee tree | D |
| He carried with him o'er the sea | D |
| Each little tender coffee slip | E |
| He waters daily in the ship | E |
| And as he tends his embryo trees | F |
| Feels he is raising midst the seas | F |
| Coffee groves whose ample shade | G |
| Shall screen the dark Creolian maid | G |
| But soon alas his darling pleasure | H |
| In watching this his precious treasure | H |
| Is like to fade for water fails | I |
| On board the ship in which he sails | I |
| Now all the reservoirs are shut | J |
| The crew on short allowance put | K |
| So small a drop is each man's share | L |
| Few leavings you may think there are | M |
| To water these poor coffee plants | N |
| But he supplies their gasping wants | O |
| Even from his own dry parch d lips | P |
| He spares it for his coffee slips | P |
| Water he gives his nurslings first | Q |
| Ere he allays his own deep thirst | Q |
| Lest if he first the water sip | E |
| He bear too far his eager lip | E |
| He sees them droop for want of more | B |
| Yet when they reach the destined shore | B |
| With pride the heroic gardener sees | F |
| A living sap still in his trees | F |
| The islanders his praise resound | R |
| Coffee plantations rise around | R |
| And Martinico loads her ships | P |
| With produce from those dear saved slips | P |
Charles Lamb
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