Mauley The Brave Ferry-man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDEFGFH IJIJKLDLILLL ILILMDNLLLLL OPLCKQIQLLLL RQSQILTLLLIL| Crouching in the early morning | A |
| Came the swarth and naked Sioux CF | B |
| On the village without warning | A |
| Fell the sudden savage blow | C |
| Horrid yell and crack of rifle | D |
| Mingle as the flames arise | E |
| With the tomahawk they stifle | D |
| Mothers' wails and children's cries | E |
| Men and women to the ferry | F |
| Fly from many a blazing cot | G |
| Brave and ready grim and steady | F |
| Mauley mans the ferry boat | H |
| - | |
| Can they cross the ambushed river | I |
| 'Tis for life the only chance | J |
| Only this may some deliver | I |
| From the scalping knife and lance | J |
| Through the throng of wailing women | K |
| Frantic men in terror burst | L |
| Back ye cowards thundered Mauley | D |
| I will take the women first | L |
| Then with brawny arms and lever | I |
| Back the craven men he smote | L |
| Brave and ready grim and steady | L |
| Mauley mans the ferry boat | L |
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| To and fro across the river | I |
| Plies the little mercy craft | L |
| While from ambushed gun and quiver | I |
| On it falls the fatal shaft | L |
| Trembling from the burning village | M |
| Still the terror stricken fly | D |
| For the Indians' love of pillage | N |
| Stays the bloody tragedy | L |
| At the windlass bar bare headed | L |
| Bare his brawny arms and throat | L |
| Brave and ready grim and steady | L |
| Mauley mans the ferry boat | L |
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| Hark a sudden burst of war whoops | O |
| They are bent on murder now | P |
| Down the ferry road they rally | L |
| Led by furious Little Crow | C |
| Frantic mothers clasp their children | K |
| And the help of God implore | Q |
| Frantic men leap in the river | I |
| Ere the boat can reach the shore | Q |
| Mauley helps the weak and wounded | L |
| Till the last soul is afloat | L |
| Brave and ready grim and steady | L |
| Mauley mans the ferry boat | L |
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| Speed the craft The fierce Dakotas | R |
| Whoop and hasten to the shore | Q |
| And a shower of shot and arrows | S |
| On the crowded boat they pour | Q |
| Fast it floats across the river | I |
| Managed by the master hand | L |
| Laden with a freight so precious | T |
| God be thanked it reaches land | L |
| Where is Mauley grim and steady | L |
| Shall his brave deed be forgot | L |
| Grasping still the windlass lever | I |
| Dead he lies upon the boat | L |
Hanford Lennox Gordon
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