A Boy-s Hopes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FBFBGHGH IJIJKBLB| Dear mother dry those flowing tears | A |
| They grieve me much to see | B |
| And calm oh calm thine anxious fears | C |
| What dost thou dread for me | B |
| Tis true that tempests wild oft ride | D |
| Above the stormy main | E |
| But then in Him I will confide | D |
| Who doth their bounds ordain | E |
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| I go to win renown and fame | F |
| Upon the glorious sea | B |
| But still my heart will be the same | F |
| I ll ever turn to thee | B |
| See yonder wait our gallant crew | G |
| So weep not mother dear | H |
| My father was a sailor too | G |
| What hast thou then to fear | H |
| - | |
| Is it not better I should seek | I |
| To win the name he bore | J |
| Than waste my youth in pastimes weak | I |
| Upon the tiresome shore | J |
| Then look not thus so sad and wan | K |
| For yet your son you ll see | B |
| Return with wealth and honors won | L |
| Upon the glorious sea | B |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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