On The Bay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD EFEFGGAA HIHIJJKK LFLFMMNN| When the salt wave laps on the long dim shore | A |
| And frets the reef with its windy sallies | B |
| And the dawn's white light is threading once more | A |
| The purple firs in the landward valleys | B |
| While yet the arms of the wide gray sea | C |
| Are cradling the sunrise that is to be | C |
| The fisherman's boat through the mist afar | D |
| Has sailed in the wake of the morning star | D |
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| The wind in his cordage and canvas sings | E |
| Its old glad song of strength and endeavor | F |
| And up from the heart of the ocean rings | E |
| A call of courage and cheer forever | F |
| Toil and danger and stress may wait | G |
| Beyond the arch of the morning's gate | G |
| But he knows that behind him upon the shore | A |
| A true heart prays for him evermore | A |
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| When a young moon floats in the hollow sky | H |
| Like a fairy shallop all pale and golden | I |
| And over the rocks that are grim and high | H |
| The lamp of the light house aloft is holden | I |
| When the bay is like to a lucent cup | J |
| With glamor and glory and glow filled up | J |
| In the track of the sunset across the foam | K |
| The fisherman's boat comes sailing home | K |
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| The wind is singing a low sweet song | L |
| Of a rest well won and a toil well over | F |
| And there on the shore shines clear and strong | L |
| The star of the homelight to guide the rover | F |
| And deep unto deep may call and wail | M |
| But the fisherman laughs as he furls his sail | M |
| For the bar is passed and the reef is dim | N |
| And a true heart is waiting to welcome him | N |
Lucy Maud Montgomery
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