The Bird And The Ship. (from The German Of Mà¼ller) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD E AF GHGH IJK ALCL MNMO DPDP QBQ| 'The rivers rush into the sea | A |
| By castle and town they go | B |
| The winds behind them merrily | A |
| Their noisy trumpets blow | B |
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| 'The clouds are passing far and high | C |
| We little birds in them play | D |
| And everything that can sing and fly | C |
| Goes with us and far away | D |
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| 'I greet thee bonny boat Whither or whence | E |
| With thy fluttering golden band ' | - |
| 'I greet thee little bird To the wide sea | A |
| I haste from the narrow land | F |
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| 'Full and swollen is every sail | G |
| I see no longer a hill | H |
| I have trusted all to the sounding gale | G |
| And it will not let me stand still | H |
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| 'And wilt thou little bird go with us | I |
| Thou mayest stand on the mainmast tall | J |
| For full to sinking is my house | K |
| With merry companions all ' | - |
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| 'I need not and seek not company | A |
| Bonny boat I can sing all alone | L |
| For the mainmast tall too heavy am I | C |
| Bonny boat I have wings of my own | L |
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| 'High over the sails high over the mast | M |
| Who shall gainsay these joys | N |
| When thy merry companions are still at last | M |
| Thou shalt hear the sound of my voice | O |
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| 'Who neither may rest nor listen may | D |
| God bless them every one | P |
| I dart away in the bright blue day | D |
| And the golden fields of the sun | P |
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| 'Thus do I sing my merry song | Q |
| Wherever the four winds blow | B |
| And this same song my whole life long | Q |
| Neither Poet nor Printer may know ' | - |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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