The Long Trail Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAADEFGHIH BAJAGHIH AKLKGHIH MANAGHIH OPAPGAIH AAQAGHIH ARSRGHIH TUVUGHIH AWXWADEF GHIHThere's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield | A |
And the ricks stand grey to the sun | B |
Singing quot Over then come over for the bee has quit the dover | C |
quot And your English summer's done quot | A |
You have heard the beat of the off shore wind | A |
And the thresh of the deep sea rain | D |
You have heard the song how long how long | E |
Pull out on the trail again | F |
Ha' done with the Tents of Shem dear lass | G |
We've seen the seasons through | H |
And it's time to turn the old trail our own trail the out trail | I |
Pull out pull out on the Long Trail the trail that is always new | H |
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It's North you may run to the rime ringed sun | B |
Or South to the blind Hom's hate | A |
Or East all the way into Mississippi Bay | J |
Or West to the Golden Gate | A |
Where the blindest bluffs hold good dear lass | G |
And the wildest tales are true | H |
And the men bulk big on the old trail our own trail the out trail | I |
And life runs large on the Long Trail the trail that is always new | H |
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The days are sick and cold and the skies are grey and old | A |
And the twice breathed airs blow damp | K |
And I'd sell my tired soul for the bucking beam sea roll | L |
Of a black Bilbao tramp | K |
With her load line over her hatch dear lass | G |
And a drunken Dago crew | H |
And her nose held down on the old trail our own trail the out trail | I |
From Cadiz south on the Long Trail the trail that is always new | H |
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There be triple ways to take of the eagle or the snake | M |
Or the way of a man with a maid | A |
But the sweetest way to me is a ship's upon the sea | N |
In the heel of the North East Trade | A |
Can you hear the crash on her brows dear lass | G |
And the drum of the racing screw | H |
As she ships it green on the old trail our own trail the out trail | I |
As she lifts and 'scends on the Long Trail the trail that is always new | H |
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See the shaking funnels roar with the Peter at the fore | O |
And the fenders grind and heave | P |
And the derricks clack and grate as the tackle hooks the crate | A |
And the fall rope whines through the sheave | P |
It's quot Gang plank up and in quot dear lass | G |
It's quot Hawsers warp her through quot | A |
And it's quot All clear aft quot on the old trail our own trail the out trail | I |
We're backing down on the Long Trail the trail that is always new | H |
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O the mutter overside when the port fog holds us tied | A |
And the sirens hoot their dread | A |
When foot by foot we creep o'er the hueless viewless deep | Q |
To the sob of the questing lead | A |
It's down by the Lower Hope dear lass | G |
With the Grinfleet Sands in view | H |
Till the Mouse swings green on the old trail our own trail the out trail | I |
And the Gull Light lifts on the Long Trail the trail that is always new | H |
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O the blazing tropic night when the wake's a welt of light | A |
That holds the hot sky tame | R |
And the steady fore foot snores through the planet powdered floors | S |
Where the scared whale flukes in flame | R |
Her plates are flaked by the sun dear lass | G |
And her ropes are taut with the dew | H |
For we're booming down on the old trail our own trail the out trail | I |
We're sagging south on the Long Trail the trail that is always new | H |
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Then home get her home where the drunken rollers comb | T |
And the shouting seas drive by | U |
And the engines stamp and ring and the wet bows reel and swing | V |
And the Southern Cross rides high | U |
Yes the old lost stars wheel back dear lass | G |
That blaze in the velvet blue | H |
They're all old friends on the old trail our own trail the out trail | I |
They're God's own guides on the Long Trail the trail that is always new | H |
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Fly forward O my heart from the Foreland to the Start | A |
We're steaming all too slow | W |
And it's twenty thousand mile to our little lazy isle | X |
Where the trumpet orchids blow | W |
You have heard the call of the off shore wind | A |
And the voice of the deep sea rain | D |
You have heard the song how long how long | E |
Pull out on the trail again | F |
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The Lord knows what we may find dear lass | G |
And The Deuce knows we may do | H |
But we're back once more on the old trail our own trail the out trail | I |
We're down hull down on the Long Trail the trail that is always new | H |
Rudyard Kipling
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