Walter Gay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAB ADEAD ABFAB AGAAG AHIAH| To know a man well it is said Walter Gay | A |
| On shipboard with him you should be | B |
| If this maxim's true then well I know you | C |
| For we sailed together the sea Walter Gay | A |
| For we sailed together the sea | B |
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| I now watch the star from the strand Walter Gay | A |
| As oft from the surge I did then | D |
| Like that all alone you sparkled and shone | E |
| The clear northern star among men Walter Gay | A |
| The clear northern star among men | D |
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| May your future course like the past Walter Gay | A |
| From wreck and misfortune be free | B |
| your sorrows and care fade into the air | F |
| Or vanish like foam on the sea Walter Gay | A |
| Or vanish like foam on the sea | B |
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| The friendship that's formed on the wave Walter Gay | A |
| Is deeper than plummet may sound | G |
| That can not decay till we lose our way | A |
| Or death runs the vessel aground Walter Gay | A |
| Or death runs the vessel aground | G |
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| When life's voyage ends may your bark Walter Gay | A |
| Spread sail like the wings of a dove | H |
| And when lulls the wind safe anchorage find | I |
| Within the good harbor above Walter Gay | A |
| Within the good harbor above | H |
George Pope Morris
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