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By The Cliffs Of The Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHIJKLML NFNF BOBOPQPQRFRF STSTUVUWXFXF YOYOZA2ZA2B2FC2F D2BD2BE2F2E2F2G2FG2F RH2RH2I2F2I2F2F2FF2F

In a far away glen of the hillsA
Where the bird of the night is at restB
Shut in from the thunder that fillsA
The fog hidden caves of the westB
In a sound of the leaf and the luteC
Of the wind on the quiet lagoonD
I stand like a worshipper muteC
In the flow of a marvellous tuneD
And the song that is sweet to my senseE
Is Nearer my God unto TheeF
But it carries me sorrowing henceE
To a grave by the cliffs of the seaF
So many have gone that I lovedG
So few of the fathers remainH
That where in old seasons I movedI
I could never be happy againJ
In the breaks of this beautiful psalmK
With its deep its devotional toneL
And hints of ineffable calmM
I feel like a stranger aloneL
No wonder my eyes are so dimN
Your trouble is heavy on meF
O widow and daughter of himN
Who sleeps in the grave by the seaF
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The years have been hard that have pressedB
On a head full of premature greyO
Since Stenhouse went down to his restB
And Harpur was taken awayO
In the soft yellow evening endsP
The wind of the water is faintQ
By the home of the last of my friendsP
The shrine of the father and saintQ
The tenderness touching the graceR
Of Ridley no more is for meF
And flowers have hidden the faceR
Of the brother who sleeps by the seaF
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The vehement voice of the SouthS
Is loud where the journalist liesT
But calm hath encompassed his mouthS
And sweet is the peace in his eyesT
Called hence by the Power who knowsU
When the work of a hero is doneV
He turned at the message and roseU
With the harness of diligence onW
In the midst of magnificent toilX
He bowed at the holy decreeF
And green is the grass on the soilX
Of the grave by the cliffs of the seaF
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I knew him indeed and I knewY
Having suffered so much in his dayO
What a beautiful nature and trueY
In Bennett was hidden awayO
In the folds of a shame without endZ
When the lips of the scorner were curledA2
I found in this brother a friendZ
The last that was left in the worldA2
Ah under the surface austereB2
Compassion was native to theeF
I send from my solitude hereC2
This rose for the grave by the seaF
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To the high the heroic intentD2
Of a life that was never at restB
He held with a courage unspentD2
Through the worst of his days and the bestB
Far back in the years that are deadE2
He knew of the bitterness coldF2
That saddens with silver the headE2
And makes a man suddenly oldF2
The dignity gracing his griefG2
Was ever a lesson to meF
He lies under blossom and leafG2
In a grave by the cliffs of the seaF
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Above him the wandering faceR
Of the moon is a loveliness nowH2
And anthems encompass the placeR
From lutes of the luminous boughH2
The forelands are fiery with foamI2
Where often and often he rovedF2
He sleeps in the sight of the homeI2
That he built by the waters he lovedF2
The wave is his fellow at nightF2
And the sun shining over the leaF
Sheds out an unspeakable lightF2
On this grave by the cliffs of the seaF

Henry Kendall



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