A Passer-by Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBABA BCBCCBCB DEDEEAEA| Whither O splendid ship thy white sails crowding | A |
| Leaning across the bosom of the urgent West | B |
| That fearest nor sea rising nor sky clouding | A |
| Whither away fair rover and what thy quest | B |
| Ah soon when Winter has all our vales opprest | B |
| When skies are cold and misty and hail is hurling | A |
| Wilt tho gl de on the blue Pacific or rest | B |
| In a summer haven asleep thy white sails furling | A |
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| I there before thee in the country that well thou knowest | B |
| Already arrived am inhaling the odorous air | C |
| I watch thee enter unerringly where thou goest | B |
| And anchor queen of the strange shipping there | C |
| Thy sails for awnings spread thy masts bare | C |
| Nor is aught from the foaming reef to the snow capp'd grandest | B |
| Peak that is over the feathery palms more fair | C |
| Than thou so upright so stately and still thou standest | B |
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| And yet O splendid ship unhail'd and nameless | D |
| I know not if aiming a fancy I rightly divine | E |
| That thou hast a purpose joyful a courage blameless | D |
| Thy port assured in a happier land than mine | E |
| But for all I have given thee beauty enough is thine | E |
| As thou aslant with trim tackle and shrouding | A |
| From the proud nostril curve of a prow's line | E |
| In the offing scatterest foam thy white sails crowding | A |
Robert Seymour Bridges
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