The Pilgrim Fathers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDF GHGH IJKJ LMLM NONO PQPQ ARAR STFT UVUV| The breaking waves dashed high | A |
| On a stern and rock bound coast | B |
| And the woods against a stormy sky | A |
| Their giant branches tossed | C |
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| And the heavy night hung dark | D |
| The hills and waters o'er | E |
| When a band of exiles moored their bark | D |
| On the wild New England shore | F |
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| Not as the conqueror comes | G |
| They the true hearted came | H |
| Not with the roll of the stirring drums | G |
| And the trumpet that sings of fame | H |
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| Not as the flying come | I |
| In silence and in fear | J |
| They shook the depths of the desert gloom | K |
| With their hymns of lofty cheer | J |
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| Amidst the storm they sang | L |
| And the stars heard and the sea | M |
| And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang | L |
| To the anthem of the free | M |
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| The ocean eagle soared | N |
| From his nest by the white wave's foam | O |
| And the rocking pines of the forest roared | N |
| This was their welcome home | O |
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| There were men with hoary hair | P |
| Amidst the pilgrim band | Q |
| Why had they come to wither there | P |
| Away from their childhood's land | Q |
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| There was woman's fearless eye | A |
| Lit by her deep love's truth | R |
| There was manhood's brow serenely high | A |
| And the fiery heart of youth | R |
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| What sought they thus afar | S |
| Bright jewels of the mine | T |
| The wealth of seas the spoils of war | F |
| They sought a faith's pure shrine | T |
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| Ay call it holy ground | U |
| The soil where first they trod | V |
| They have left unstained what there they found | U |
| Freedom to worship God | V |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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