A Sea-shore Grave. To M. J. L. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDF GHGH IFIF| By Sidney and Clifford Lanier | A |
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| O wish that's vainer than the plash | B |
| Of these wave whimsies on the shore | C |
| Give us a pearl to fill the gash | B |
| God let our dead friend live once more | C |
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| O wish that's stronger than the stroke | D |
| Of yelling wave and snapping levin | E |
| God lift us o'er the Last Day's smoke | D |
| All white to Thee and her in Heaven | F |
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| O wish that's swifter than the race | G |
| Of wave and wind in sea and sky | H |
| Let's take the grave cloth from her face | G |
| And fall in the grave and kiss and die | H |
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| Look High above a glittering calm | I |
| Of sea and sky and kingly sun | F |
| She shines and smiles and waves a palm | I |
| And now we wish Thy will be done | F |
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