The Irish Emigrant. 1880. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FAFAGHGH IJIJKLKL| Look not for me at eventide | A |
| I cannot come when work is done | B |
| I go to wander far and wide | A |
| For 'tis not here that gold is won | B |
| Perchance where'er I go these hands | C |
| May find me what I need to live | D |
| Whate'er they win if house or lands | C |
| I'd yield for what they cannot give | E |
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| For who can turn away his face | F |
| From home and kin and be at rest | A |
| What country e'er can take the place | F |
| That Ireland fills within my breast | A |
| More kindly smile the distant skies | G |
| They say beyond yon angry sea | H |
| I know not what they mean mine eyes | G |
| Have never seen these frown on me | H |
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| To me these hills beside the wave | I |
| With every year have dearer grown | J |
| Is it so great a thing to crave | I |
| To call my native land mine own | J |
| But why these useless plaints renew | K |
| Farewell That word it seems a knell | L |
| If still I'm dear kind hearts to you | K |
| 'Tis all I ask Farewell Farewell | L |
John Campbell
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