The Prayer On The Pier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFF CCGCHIJI GKFKCLGL JCACFMJM| Proudly foats the ocean steamer | A |
| Throngs aboard and on the pier | B |
| With orders oaths and farewells mingled | C |
| What a medley greats the ear | D |
| Off are cast the slack'ning cables | E |
| Eager bells their signals ring | F |
| While there on shore a group is kneeling | F |
| Looking upward now they sing | F |
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| O Thou who holdest | C |
| In the hollow of thy hand | C |
| All this vast ocean | G |
| Unto this far off land | C |
| Guard well we pray thee | H |
| When angry billows foam | I |
| Guard well our lov'd ones | J |
| And safely bring them home | I |
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| What a wondrous transformation | G |
| What a magic change of scene | K |
| The parted throngs transfix'd are gazing | F |
| 'Cross the gulf that grows between | K |
| Heads are bared and knees are bended | C |
| Voices all are silent there | L |
| Save but the throbbing of the engine | G |
| And that solemn choral prayer | L |
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| Rapidly the distance lenghens | J |
| We have looked our last adieu | C |
| For each familiar form and feature | A |
| Now is fading from our view | C |
| Glimpses yet of 'kerchiefs waving | F |
| Watching still our friends remain | M |
| And waft by fresh'ning seaward breezes | J |
| Faintly sweetly comes the strain | M |
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