The Pilgrims' Fast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIJI KLML NOPQ FRSR OMTM UTVT UKLK WTXT YZA2Z B2C2D2C2 E2NF2N| The historical incident related in this poem is recorded in Cheever's JOURNAL OF THE PILGRIMS | A |
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| 'T was early morn the low night wind | B |
| Had fled the sun's fierce ray | C |
| And sluggishly the leaden waves | D |
| Rolled over Plymouth Bay | C |
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| No mist was on the mountain top | E |
| No dew drop in the vale | F |
| The thirsting Summer flowers had died | G |
| Ere chilled by Autumn's wail | F |
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| The giant woods with yellow leaves | H |
| The blighted turf had paved | I |
| And o'er the brown and arid fields | J |
| No golden harvest waved | I |
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| But calm and blue the cloudless sky | K |
| Arched over earth and sea | L |
| As in their humble house of prayer | M |
| The Pilgrims bowed the knee | L |
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| There gray haired ministers of God | N |
| In supplication bent | O |
| And artless words from childhood's lips | P |
| Sought the Omnipotent | Q |
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| There woman's lip and cheek grew pale | F |
| As on the broad day stole | R |
| And manhood's polished brow was damp | S |
| With fervency of soul | R |
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| The sultry noon tide came and went | O |
| With steady fervid glare | M |
| O God our God be merciful | T |
| Was still the Pilgrims' prayer | M |
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| They prayed as erst Elijah prayed | U |
| Before the sons of Baal | T |
| When on the waiting sacrifice | V |
| He called the fiery hail | T |
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| They prayed as once the prophet prayed | U |
| On Carmel's summit high | K |
| When the little cloud rose from the sea | L |
| And blackened all the sky | K |
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| And when around that spireless church | W |
| The shades of evening fell | T |
| The customary song went up | X |
| With clear and rapturous swell | T |
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| And while each heart was thrilling with | Y |
| The chant of Faith sublime | Z |
| The rude brown rafters of the roof | A2 |
| Rang with a joyous chime | Z |
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| The rain the rain the blessed rain | B2 |
| It watered field and height | C2 |
| And filled the fevered atmosphere | D2 |
| With vapor soft and white | C2 |
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| Oh when that Pilgrim band came forth | E2 |
| And pressed the humid sod | N |
| Shone not each face as Moses' shone | F2 |
| When face to face with God | N |
Mary Gardiner Horsford
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