The Sea-seekers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHIHJKJK LMLMABABCNCNLOLOPQPQ LRLRSHSHTUTUVCVCWXWX YZYZA2VA2VB2C2B2C2| ALL four of us were inland born | A |
| And inland reared from birth were we | B |
| And though the tale be food for scorn | A |
| We four had never seen the Sea | B |
| We saw the sun by day by night | C |
| The stars threw down their radiance keen | D |
| These things were held a goodly sight | C |
| But still the Sea remained unseen | D |
| The sunlit plains about us spread | E |
| Mile after mile on every side | F |
| But still the sea wise people said | E |
| The blue salt waste was wondrous wide | F |
| On lonely rides and desert tramps | G |
| And when we searched in rain and dew | H |
| The breathing dark of cattle camps | I |
| A longing came and thrilled us through | H |
| We dreamt of waters spreading far | J |
| Of winding bay and shining reach | K |
| Of shouting reef and growling bar | J |
| And breakers crashing down a beach | K |
| The longing grew we could not rest | L |
| A vision beautiful and brave | M |
| Allured us to a mighty quest | L |
| Of rolling sea and crested wave | M |
| All four of us were inland born | A |
| And inland reared from birth were we | B |
| We mounted early in the morn | A |
| And riding gaily sought the Sea | B |
| We rode by day and camped by night | C |
| And night and day dreamed evermore | N |
| Of dawns that broke in rosy light | C |
| On curling wave and crescent shore | N |
| The red sun sank upon our quest | L |
| The shadows fell and in the dark | O |
| There was no light in East or West | L |
| Save where our camp fire burned a spark | O |
| At times it seemed that we could hear | P |
| The sound of breakers in their fall | Q |
| We drew our reins and hand to ear | P |
| We listened to the distant call | Q |
| A stillness reigned from East to West | L |
| The trees and mountains seemed to swoon | R |
| And weirdly paling in the West | L |
| Went down a late and lonely moon | R |
| And while the white moon slowly fell | S |
| A scented breeze of morning blew | H |
| Though inland born we knew it well | S |
| That odour keen and strange and new | H |
| Then something seemed to burst its chains | T |
| A wave of joy and wonder broke | U |
| Across our souls and in our veins | T |
| An ancient Viking stirred and woke | U |
| A sound of breakers came to stir | V |
| Our blood and thrill us with delight | C |
| And neck and neck with whip and spur | V |
| We galloped headlong through the night | C |
| The moon had sunk but in the sky | W |
| We saw the Dawn's first light of grey | X |
| And straight as feathered arrows fly | W |
| We thundered on to meet the Day | X |
| Afar we saw the shore line loom | Y |
| Our horses springing freely strode | Z |
| And suddenly in purple gloom | Y |
| The sea gave greeting as we rode | Z |
| We galloped on nor ever ceased | A2 |
| Till gloriously in golden fire | V |
| The sun uprose and in the East | A2 |
| We reached the goal of our desire | V |
| We pushed our horses through the foam | B2 |
| The breakers swirled about their knees | C2 |
| And underneath the golden dome | B2 |
| We shouted to the Morning Seas | C2 |
Roderic Quinn
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