The Phantom Vessel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJGK GLEG BGJG BBJM JGNO PPEG BGBQ RGBM GJSG| Now the last long rays of sunset | A |
| To the tree tops are ascending | B |
| And the ash gray evening shadows | C |
| Weave themselves around the earth | D |
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| On the crest of yonder mountain | E |
| Now are seen from out the distance | F |
| Slowly fading crimson traces | G |
| Footprints of the dying day | H |
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| Blood stained banners torn and tattered | I |
| Hanging in the western corner | J |
| Dip their parched and burning edges | G |
| In the cooling ocean wave | K |
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| Smoothly roll the crystal wavelets | G |
| Through the dusky veils of twilight | L |
| That are trembling down from heaven | E |
| O'er the bosom of the sea | G |
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| Soft a little wind is blowing | B |
| O'er the gently rippling waters | G |
| What they whisper what they murmur | J |
| Who is wise enough to say | G |
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| Broad her snow white sails outspreading | B |
| 'Gainst the quiet sky of evening | B |
| Flies a ship without a sailor | J |
| Flies and whither who can tell | M |
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| As by magic moves the rudder | J |
| Borne upon her snowy pinions | G |
| Flies the ship as tho' a spirit | N |
| Drove her onward at its will | O |
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| Empty is she and deserted | P |
| Only close beside the mainmast | P |
| Stands a lonely child heartbroken | E |
| Sobbing loud and bitterly | G |
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| Long and golden curls are falling | B |
| Down his neck and o'er his shoulders | G |
| Now he glances backward sighing | B |
| And the silent ship flies on | Q |
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| With a little shining kerchief | R |
| Fluttering upon the breezes | G |
| Unto me he sends a greeting | B |
| From afar he waves farewell | M |
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| And my heart is throbbing wildly | G |
| I am weeping tell me wherefore | J |
| God that lovely child I know him | S |
| 'Tis my youth that flies from me | G |
Morris Rosenfeld
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