Sonnet Xliv: Press'd By The Moon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDDCECCEDD| Press'd by the Moon mute arbitress of tides | A |
| While the loud equinox its power combines | B |
| The sea no more its swelling surge confines | B |
| But o'er the shrinking land sublimely rides | A |
| The wild blast rising from the Western cave | C |
| Drives the huge billows from their heaving bed | D |
| Tears from their grassy tombs the village dead | D |
| And breaks the silent sabbath of the grave | C |
| With shells and sea weed mingled on the shore | E |
| Lo their bones whiten in the frequent wave | C |
| But vain to them the winds and waters rave | C |
| They hear the warring elements no more | E |
| While I am doom'd by life's long storm opprest | D |
| To gaze with envy on their gloomy rest | D |
Charlotte Smith
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