The Fisher's Wife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFGHIGJKLMNOGPQ RSRSS TITIS UGUGS VIVIS RWRWS XYXYS KZKZS GA2GA2S B2C2B2C2S D2YD2E2S F2GPE2PG2H2II2| A long low waste of yellow sand | A |
| Lay shining northward far as eye could reach | B |
| Southward a rocky bluff rose high | C |
| Broken in wild fantastic shapes | D |
| Near by one jagged rock towered high | C |
| And o'er the waters leaned like giant grim | E |
| Striving to peer into the mysteries | F |
| The ocean whispers of continually | G |
| And covers with her soft treacherous face | H |
| For the rest the sun was sinking low | I |
| Like a great golden globe into the sea | G |
| Above the rock a bird was flying | J |
| In dizzy circles with shrill cries | K |
| And on a plank floated from some wreck | L |
| With shreds of musty seaweed | M |
| Clinging to it yet a woman sat | N |
| Holding a child within her arms | O |
| A sweet faced woman looking out to sea | G |
| With dark patient eyes and singing to the child | P |
| And this the song she in the sunset sang | Q |
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| Thine eyes are brown my beauty brown and bright | R |
| Drowned deep in languor now the angel Sleep | S |
| Is clasping thee within her arms so white | R |
| Bearing thee up the dreamland's sunny steep | S |
| Oh baby sleep my baby sleep | S |
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| Thy father's boat I see its swaying shroud | T |
| Like a white sea gull swinging to and fro | I |
| Against the ledges of a crimson cloud | T |
| A tiny bird with flutt'ring wing of snow | I |
| Oh baby sleep my baby sleep | S |
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| Thy father toils beyond the harbor bar | U |
| And singing at his toil he thinks of thee | G |
| Lit by the red lamp of the evening star | U |
| Home will he come will come to thee and me | G |
| Oh baby sleep my baby sleep | S |
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| His cabin shall be bright with flowers sweet | V |
| The table shall be set the fire shall glow | I |
| We'll wait within the door his coming steps to greet | V |
| And if my eye be sad he will not know | I |
| Oh baby sleep my baby sleep | S |
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| He will not pause to ponder things so slight | R |
| He is not one a smile to prize or miss | W |
| Yet he would shield us with a strong arm's might | R |
| And he will meet us with a loving kiss | W |
| Oh baby sleep my baby sleep | S |
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| But would I could forget those other days | X |
| When if with gayer gleam mine eyes had shone | Y |
| Or shade of sorrow gentlest eyes would gaze | X |
| With tender questioning into my own | Y |
| Oh baby sleep my baby sleep | S |
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| Thine eyes are brown thou hast thy father's eyes | K |
| But those my darling those were clear and blue | Z |
| Ah me how sorrowfully that sea bird cries | K |
| Cries for its mate oh tender bird and true | Z |
| My baby sleep my baby sleep | S |
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| Oh of my truest love well worthy he | G |
| And near was I ah nearest to his heart | A2 |
| But ships are parted on the dreary sea | G |
| Swept by the waves forever swept apart | A2 |
| Oh baby sleep my baby sleep | S |
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| And sometimes sad eyed women sighing say | B2 |
| Sweet love is lost all that remains is rest | C2 |
| So in their weakness they are lured to lay | B2 |
| Their head upon some strong and loving breast | C2 |
| Oh baby sleep my baby sleep | S |
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| Our cabin stands upon the dreary sands | D2 |
| And it is sad to be alone alone | Y |
| But on my bosom thou hast lain thy hands | D2 |
| Near to me art thou near my precious one | E2 |
| My baby sleep my baby sleep | S |
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| The red light faded as she sung | F2 |
| A chill breeze rose and swept across the sea | G |
| She drew her cloak still closer round the child | P |
| And turned toward the cabin | E2 |
| As she went a faint glow glimmered | P |
| In the east and slowly rose | G2 |
| The silver crescent of the moon | H2 |
| Another paler light than the warm sunset glow | I |
| But clear enough to guide her home | I2 |
Marietta Holley
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