Watch Hill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LBLB MNIN IOIO IIII PIPI MIMI BOBO| Fair summer home peninsula | A |
| Enriched by every breeze | B |
| From fragrant islands wafted far | C |
| Across the sunny seas | B |
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| A profile rare a height of land | D |
| Outlined 'gainst heaven's blue | E |
| With bolder touch than skillful hand | D |
| Of artist ever drew | E |
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| In mountain billows that parade | F |
| The grandeur of the deep | G |
| Is His supremacy displayed | F |
| Whose hands the waters keep | G |
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| No sweep of waves in broad expanse | H |
| With wild weird melody | I |
| Shall thus an unseen world enhance | H |
| There shall be no more sea | I |
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| A wealth of joy perfected days | J |
| Where glorious sunset dyes | K |
| Resplendent in declining rays | J |
| Surpass Italia's skies | K |
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| Proud caravansaries that compete | L |
| In studied arts to please | B |
| The multitude with restless feet | L |
| From earth's antipodes | B |
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| A motley company astray | M |
| The sojourner for health | N |
| The grave serene the devotee | I |
| Of fashion and of wealth | N |
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| Artistic cottages upreared | I |
| In beauty strength and skill | O |
| The happy healthful homes endeared | I |
| To lovers of Watch Hill | O |
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| A golden crown adorns the spot | I |
| Forever blessed be | I |
| The hand beneficent that wrought | I |
| A temple by the sea | I |
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| A star in some bright diadem | P |
| In glory it shall be | I |
| For truly I will honor them | P |
| Saith God who honor me | I |
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| When Christians meet to praise and pray | M |
| May feet that never trod | I |
| The sanctuary learn the way | M |
| Unto the house of God | I |
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| Glad paeans down the centuries | B |
| With joy the world shall thrill | O |
| The Lord revered and honored is | B |
| The glory of Watch Hill | O |
Hattie Howard
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