Ebb-tide Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGG HHDEIIJJKKGG LLMMAANNOOGG| Long reaches of wet grasses sway | A |
| Where ran the sea but yesterday | A |
| And white winged boats at sunset drew | B |
| To anchor in the crimsoning blue | B |
| The boats lie on the grassy plain | C |
| Nor tug nor fret at anchor chain | C |
| Their errand done their impulse spent | D |
| Chained by an alien element | E |
| With sails unset they idly lie | F |
| Though morning beckons brave and nigh | F |
| Like wounded birds their flight denied | G |
| They lie and long and wait the tide | G |
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| About their keels within the net | H |
| Of tough grass fibres green and wet | H |
| A myriad thirsty creatures pent | D |
| In sorrowful imprisonment | E |
| Await the beat distinct and sweet | I |
| Of the white waves' returning feet | I |
| My soul their vigil joins and shares | J |
| A nobler discontent than theirs | J |
| Athirst like them I patiently | K |
| Sit listening beside the sea | K |
| And still the waters outward glide | G |
| When is the turning of the tide | G |
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| Come pulse of God come heavenly thrill | L |
| We wait thy coming and we will | L |
| The world is vast and very far | M |
| Its utmost verge and boundaries are | M |
| But thou hast kept thy word to day | A |
| In India and in dim Cathay | A |
| And the same mighty care shall reach | N |
| Each humblest rock pool of this beach | N |
| The gasping fish the stranded keel | O |
| This dull dry soul of mine shall feel | O |
| Thy freshening touch and satisfied | G |
| Shall drink the fulness of the tide | G |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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