Harbury Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF DD CC EE GG HH CC II JJ CC KK| All the men of Harbury go down to the sea in ships | A |
| The wind upon their faces the salt upon their lips | A |
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| The little boys of Harbury when they are laid to sleep | B |
| Dream of masts and cabins and the wonders of the deep | B |
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| The women folk of Harbury have eyes like the sea | C |
| Wide with watching wonder deep with mystery | C |
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| I met a woman Beyond the bar she said | D |
| Beyond the shallow water where the green lines spread | D |
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| Out beyond the sand bar and the white spray | E |
| My three sons wait for the Judgment Day | E |
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| I saw an old man who goes to sea no more | F |
| Watch from morn till evening down on the shore | F |
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| The sea's a hard mistress the old man said | D |
| The sea is always hungry and never full fed | D |
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| The sea had my father and took my son from me | C |
| Sometimes I think I see them walking on the sea | C |
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| I'd like to be in Harbury on the Judgment Day | E |
| When the word is spoken and the sea is wiped away | E |
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| And all the drowned fisher boys with sea weed in their hair | G |
| Rise and walk to Harbury to greet the women there | G |
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| I'd like to be in Harbury to see the souls arise | H |
| Son and mother hand in hand lovers with glad eyes | H |
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| I think there would be many who would turn and look with me | C |
| Hoping for another glimpse of the cruel sea | C |
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| They tell me that in Paradise the fields are green and still | I |
| With pleasant flowers everywhere that all may take who will | I |
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| And four great rivers flowing from out the Throne of God | J |
| That no one ever drowns in and souls may cross dry shod | J |
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| I think among those wonders there will be men like me | C |
| Who miss the old salt danger of the singing sea | C |
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| For in my heart like some old shell inland safe and dry | K |
| Any one who harks will still hear the sea cry | K |
Louise Driscoll
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