A Sea Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCB DEDEFFE DGDGCCG HIHIEEI| Old Albion sat on a crag of late | A |
| And sang out Ahoy ahoy | B |
| Long life to the captain good luck to the mate | A |
| And this to my sailor boy | B |
| Come over come home | C |
| Through the salt sea foam | C |
| My sailor my sailor boy | B |
| - | |
| Here's a crown to be given away I ween | D |
| A crown for my sailor's head | E |
| And all for the worth of a widowed queen | D |
| And the love of the noble dead | E |
| And the fear and fame | F |
| Of the island's name | F |
| Where my boy was born and bred | E |
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| Content thee content thee let it alone | D |
| Thou marked for a choice so rare | G |
| Though treaties be treaties never a throne | D |
| Was proffered for cause as fair | G |
| Yet come to me home | C |
| Through the salt sea foam | C |
| For the Greek must ask elsewhere | G |
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| 'Tis a pity my sailor but who can tell | H |
| Many lands they look to me | I |
| One of these might be wanting a Prince as well | H |
| But that's as hereafter may be | I |
| She raised her white head | E |
| And laughed and she said | E |
| That's as hereafter may be | I |
Jean Ingelow
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