The Seabolt's Volunteers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DECE FGHG IJKJ LMNM OPQP RSTE EUVU WXYX ZJXA2 B2C2HC2| They towed the Seabolt down the stream | A |
| And through the harbour s mouth | B |
| She spread her wings and sailed away | C |
| To seek the sunny South | B |
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| But ah she met with storm on storm | D |
| Ere half her course had run | E |
| And all her masts were torn away | C |
| And all her boats save one | E |
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| The good old ship had settled far | F |
| Beneath her cargo line | G |
| Her riven sides were drinking deep | H |
| The draughts of ocean brine | G |
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| There gathered round the only boat | I |
| The women pale with fear | J |
| And trembling little ones who clung | K |
| To those who held them dear | J |
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| Then spoke the captain brave and true | L |
| His voice rose o er the roar | M |
| The boat will save us all but five | N |
| She cannot float with more | M |
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| And backward from the side he stepped | O |
| He had been born at sea | P |
| Now who will seek in ocean s depths | Q |
| A sailor s grave with me | P |
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| Then up there stepped a merchant stout | R |
| His face was brown and tan | S |
| I ll volunteer to stay on board | T |
| For I m an Englishman | E |
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| Then spoke a gallant gentleman | E |
| A lover of romance | U |
| Remain I for the ladies sake | V |
| For I m a son of France | U |
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| And next there spoke a Highlander | W |
| Go search the wide world round | X |
| You ll find no spot where on the earth | Y |
| A Scotsman is not found | X |
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| And then there spoke a lad to whom | Z |
| Killarney s lakes were dear | J |
| It won t be said that Ireland found | X |
| No place of honour here | A2 |
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| The boat pushed from the vessel s side | B2 |
| Amid the ringing cheers | C2 |
| And now beneath Old Ocean sleep | H |
| The Seabolt s volunteers | C2 |
Henry Lawson
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