Northward Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CCDC EEBE FFGF HHIH JJKJ LLML NNON PPQP IIRI SSTS| Under the high unclouded sun | A |
| That makes the ship and shadow one | A |
| I sail away as from the fort | B |
| Booms sullenly the noonday gun | A |
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| The odorous airs blow thin and fine | C |
| The sparkling waves like emeralds shine | C |
| The lustre of the coral reefs | D |
| Gleams whitely through the tepid brine | C |
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| And glitters o'er the liquid miles | E |
| The jewelled ring of verdant isles | E |
| Where generous Nature holds her court | B |
| Of ripened bloom and sunny smiles | E |
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| Encinctured by the faithful seas | F |
| Inviolate gardens load the breeze | F |
| Where flaunt like giant warders' plumes | G |
| The pennants of the cocoa trees | F |
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| Enthroned in light and bathed in balm | H |
| In lonely majesty the Palm | H |
| Blesses the isles with waving hands | I |
| High Priest of the eternal Calm | H |
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| Yet Northward with an equal mind | J |
| I steer my course and leave behind | J |
| The rapture of the Southern skies | K |
| The wooing of the Southern wind | J |
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| For here o'er Nature's wanton bloom | L |
| Falls far and near the shade of gloom | L |
| Cast from the hovering vulture wings | M |
| Of one dark thought of woe and doom | L |
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| I know that in the snow white pines | N |
| The brave Norse fire of freedom shines | N |
| And fain for this I leave the land | O |
| Where endless summer pranks the vines | N |
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| O strong free North so wise and brave | P |
| O South too lovely for a slave | P |
| Why read ye not the changeless truth | Q |
| The free can conquer but to save | P |
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| May God upon these shining sands | I |
| Send Love and Victory clasping hands | I |
| And Freedom's banners wave in peace | R |
| Forever o'er the rescued lands | I |
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| And here in that triumphant hour | S |
| Shall yielding Beauty wed with Power | S |
| And blushing earth and smiling sea | T |
| In dalliance deck the bridal bower | S |
John Hay
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