The Rhyme Of The Restless Ones Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GGHHG IJKL EMNM MMOOM PQRQSTUT TTVVT| We couldn't sit and study for the law | A |
| The stagnation of a bank we couldn't stand | B |
| For our riot blood was surging and we didn't need much urging | C |
| To excitements and excesses that are banned | B |
| So we took to wine and drink and other things | D |
| And the devil in us struggled to be free | E |
| Till our friends rose up in wrath and they pointed out the path | F |
| And they paid our debts and packed us o'er the sea | E |
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| Oh they shook us off and shipped us o'er the foam | G |
| To the larger lands that lure a man to roam | G |
| And we took the chance they gave | H |
| Of a far and foreign grave | H |
| And we bade good by for evermore to home | G |
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| And some of us are climbing on the peak | I |
| And some of us are camping on the plain | J |
| By pine and palm you'll find us with never claim to bind us | K |
| By track and trail you'll meet us once again | L |
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| We are the fated serfs to freedom sky and sea | E |
| We have failed where slummy cities overflow | M |
| But the stranger ways of earth know our pride and know our worth | N |
| And we go into the dark as fighters go | M |
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| Yes we go into the night as brave men go | M |
| Though our faces they be often streaked with woe | M |
| Yet we're hard as cats to kill | O |
| And our hearts are reckless still | O |
| And we've danced with death a dozen times or so | M |
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| And you'll find us in Alaska after gold | P |
| And you'll find us herding cattle in the South | Q |
| We like strong drink and fun and when the race is run | R |
| We often die with curses in our mouth | Q |
| We are wild as colts unbroke but never mean | S |
| Of our sins we've shoulders broad to bear the blame | T |
| But we'll never stay in town and we'll never settle down | U |
| And we'll never have an object or an aim | T |
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| No there's that in us that time can never tame | T |
| And life will always seem a careless game | T |
| And they'd better far forget | V |
| Those who say they love us yet | V |
| Forget blot out with bitterness our name | T |
Robert Service
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