At Cape Schanck Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFF AFGFGFFF AFHFFIAI AJFJKLKL KMAMFKNK OPQPFFRF RSFSTKKK| Down to the lighthouse pillar | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp The rolling woodland comes | B |
| Gay with the gold of she oaks | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And the green of the stunted gums | B |
| With the silver grey of honeysuckle | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp With the wasted bracken red | E |
| With a tuft of softest emerald | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And a cloud flecked sky o'erhead | F |
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| We climbed by ridge and boulder | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Umber and yellow scarred | F |
| Out to the utmost precipice | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To the point that was ocean barred | F |
| Till we looked below on the fastness | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Of the breeding eagle's nest | F |
| And Cape Wollomai opened eastward | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And the Otway on the west | F |
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| Over the mirror of azure | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp The purple shadows crept | F |
| League upon league of rollers | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Landward evermore swept | F |
| And burst upon gleaming basalt | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And foamed in cranny and crack | I |
| And mounted in sheets of silver | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And hurried reluctant back | I |
| - | |
| And the sea so calm out yonder | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Wherever we turned our eyes | J |
| Like the blast of an angel's trumpet | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Rang out to the earth and skies | J |
| Till the reefs and the rocky ramparts | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Throbbed to the giant fray | L |
| And the gullies and jutting headlands | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Were bathed in a misty spray | L |
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| Oh sweet in the distant ranges | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To the ear of inland men | M |
| Is the ripple of falling water | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp In sassafras haunted glen | M |
| The stir in the ripening cornfield | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp That gently rustles and swells | K |
| The wind in the wattle sighing | N |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp The tinkle of cattle bells | K |
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| But best is the voice of ocean | O |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp That strikes to the heart and brain | P |
| That lulls with its passionate music | Q |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Trouble and grief and pain | P |
| That murmurs the requiem sweetest | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp For those who have loved and lost | F |
| And thunders a jubilant anthem | R |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To brave hearts tempest tossed | F |
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| That takes to its boundless bosom | R |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp The burden of all our care | S |
| That whispers of sorrow vanquished | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Of hours that may yet be fair | S |
| That tells of a Harbour of Refuge | T |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Beyond life's stormy straits | K |
| Of an infinite peace that gladdens | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Of an infinite love that waits | K |
James Lister Cuthbertson
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