The Pilot That Weath'd The Storm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLML NONO DBDB| If hush'd the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep | A |
| The sky if no longer dark tempests deform | B |
| When our perils are past shall our gratitude sleep | A |
| No Here's to the Pilot who weather'd the storm | B |
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| At the foot stool of Power let flattery fawn | C |
| Let Faction her idols extol to the skies | D |
| To virtue in humble resentment withdrawn | C |
| Unblam'd may the merits of gratitude rise | D |
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| And shall not His memory to Britain be dear | E |
| Whose example with envy all nations behold | F |
| A Statesman unbiass'd by int'rest or fear | E |
| By pow'r uncorrupted untainted by gold | F |
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| Who when terror and doubt thro' the universe reign'd | G |
| While rapine and treason their standards unfurl'd | H |
| The heart and the hopes of his Country maintain'd | G |
| And one kingdom preserv'd 'midst the wreck of the world | H |
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| Unheeding unthankful we bask in the blaze | I |
| While the beams of the sun in full majesty shine | J |
| When he sinks into twilight with fondness we gaze | I |
| And mark the mild lustre that gilds his decline | J |
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| Lo Pitt when the course of thy greatness is o'er | K |
| Thy talents thy virtues we fondly recall | L |
| Now justly we prize thee when lost we deplore | M |
| Admir'd in thy zenith but lov'd in thy fall | L |
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| O take then for dangers by wisdom repell'd | N |
| For evils by courage and constancy brav'd | O |
| O take for a throne by thy counsels upheld | N |
| The thanks of a people thy firmness has sav'd | O |
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| And O if again the rude whirlwind should rise | D |
| The dawning of Peace should fresh darkness deform | B |
| The regrets of the good and the fears of the wise | D |
| Shall turn to the Pilot that weather'd the storm | B |
George Canning
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