At The Seamen's Union. {84} "the Seamen And The Miners." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLML| One rises now and speaks The Cause is one | A |
| Labour o'er all the earth Shan't we then share | B |
| With these whose very flesh and blood's our own | C |
| All that we can of what we have and are | D |
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| What is it that their work is in the earth | E |
| Down in its depths and ours is on the sea | F |
| The fight they fight is ours their worth our worth | E |
| Their loss our loss We help them They are we | F |
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| We help them Ay and when our hour too breaks | G |
| And on to every ship that ploughs the wave | H |
| We put our hand at last our hand that takes | G |
| Its own will they forget the help we gave | H |
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| And if our robber lords would rob us still | I |
| With the foul hoard of beasts without a soul | J |
| They may find leprous hands to work their will | I |
| But for their ships where will they find the coal | J |
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| Help them the voices cry They help them Here | K |
| Resolute stern menacing hark the sound | L |
| Look 'tis the simple fearlessness of fear | M |
| Dark faces and deep voices all around | L |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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