Nearing Port Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BBCCAA DDAA EEAA FD CCAA GGAAAACC HHIIJJKL| A blue line to the westward that surely is not cloud | A |
| A green tinge in the waters a clamorous bird crowd | A |
| Then far off foamy edges and hill tops timber fringed | A |
| And perched aloft a light house o'er grey cliffs golden tinged | A |
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| O watchers leaning landward know ye of nothing more | B |
| And hear ye but the sea birds and see ye but the shore | B |
| Nay look awhile and listen who bids you welcome there | C |
| The great seas kiss her sandals the high stars gem her hair | C |
| Behold her in the gateway high held in either hand | A |
| A blazing beacon lighted to lead you to the land | A |
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| Now welcome kindly welcome who come to me for cheer | D |
| My forts may frown on others but ye have nought to fear | D |
| The cannon's flash and thunder are all for joy to day | A |
| No murmurs meet your coming none wish to bar your way | A |
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| O later called to labour shall we who toiled at morn | E |
| Remember as against you the heat and burthen borne | E |
| No verily we shall not We pray the labourer's Lord | A |
| May give you after comers a full day's full reward | A |
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| Now fear not fair haired maiden for gladness waits thee here | F |
| As by thy father's fireside in bygone days and dear | D |
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| Thy troubled brow O matron beneath its silvering hair | C |
| Shall gain no fresher furrows shall lose its look of care | C |
| No longer for thy household the winter need'st thou dread | A |
| Nor fearing for to morrow shalt stint the children's bread | A |
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| And thou a mother's darling on those young locks of thine | G |
| What midnight rains shall batter what tropic suns shall shine | G |
| Thy tender hands toil hardened unwonted tools shall wield | A |
| Shall fell the columned forest shall till the furrowed field | A |
| Yet when at England's fireside her olden tales are told | A |
| Perchance 'mid tearful silence one from the land of gold | A |
| Shall tell a brave new story of want and work and care | C |
| Of trial and of triumph to touch the coldest there | C |
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| Now enter ye a haven your fathers have not known | H |
| Now dwell ye in a country that once was not your own | H |
| Part of the New World's army the pioneers are ye | I |
| For whom there waits ungathered the wealth of earth and sea | I |
| No need of fiery baptism no blood no tears to flow | J |
| Ah legions of the Caesars had you but conquered so | J |
| Ah Vikings in Valhalla our fathers dead and gone | K |
| Could you have made such landing such golden shores upon | L |
Mary Hannay Foott
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