From East To West. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFGFHF IGJGKG LMNMOM PQRQSQ TUDRVU WXYXZX| The boat cast loose her moorings | A |
| Good by was all we said | B |
| Good by Old World we said with a smile | C |
| And never looked back as we sped | B |
| A shining wake of foam behind | D |
| To the heart of the sunset red | B |
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| Heavily drove our plunging keel | E |
| The warring waves between | F |
| Heavily strove we night and day | G |
| Against the west wind keen | F |
| Bent like a foe to bar our path | H |
| A foe with an awful mien | F |
| - | |
| Never a token met our eyes | I |
| From the dear land far away | G |
| No storm swept bird no drifting branch | J |
| To tell us where it lay | G |
| Wearily searched we hour by hour | K |
| Through the mist and the driving spray | G |
| - | |
| Till all in a flashing moment | L |
| The fog veils rent and flew | M |
| And a blithesome south wind caught the sails | N |
| And whistled the cordage through | M |
| And the stars swung low their silver lamps | O |
| In a dome of airy blue | M |
| - | |
| And breathed from unseen distances | P |
| A new and joyous air | Q |
| Caressed our senses suddenly | R |
| With a rapture fresh and rare | Q |
| It is the breath of home we cried | S |
| We feel that we are there | Q |
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| O Land whose tent roof is the dome | T |
| Of Heaven's purest sky | U |
| Whose mighty heart inspires the wind | D |
| Of glad strong liberty | R |
| Standing upon thy sunset shore | V |
| Beside the waters high | U |
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| Long may thy rosy smile be bright | W |
| Above the ocean din | X |
| Thy young undaunted voice be heard | Y |
| Calling the whole world kin | X |
| And ever be thy arms held out | Z |
| To take the storm tossed in | X |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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