Land, Ho! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAA ACCAA ADDAA AEEAA AFGAA AHHAA AIIAA| I know tis but a loom of land | A |
| Yet is it land and so I will rejoice | B |
| I know I cannot hear His voice | B |
| Upon the shore nor see Him stand | A |
| Yet is it land ho land | A |
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| The land the land the lovely land | A |
| Far off dost say Far off ah bless d home | C |
| Farewell farewell thou salt sea foam | C |
| Ah keel upon the silver sand | A |
| Land ho land | A |
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| You cannot see the land my land | A |
| You cannot see and yet the land is there | D |
| My land my land through murky air | D |
| I did not say twas close at hand | A |
| But land ho land | A |
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| Dost hear the bells of my sweet land | A |
| Dost hear the kine dost hear the merry birds | E |
| No voice tis true no spoken words | E |
| No tongue that thou may st understand | A |
| Yet is it land ho land | A |
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| It s clad in purple mist my land | A |
| In regal robe it is apparell d | F |
| A crown is set upon its head | G |
| And on its breast a golden band | A |
| Land ho land | A |
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| Dost wonder that I long for land | A |
| My land is not a land as others are | H |
| Upon its crest there beams a star | H |
| And lilies grow upon the strand | A |
| Land ho land | A |
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| Give me the helm there is the land | A |
| Ha lusty mariners she takes the breeze | I |
| And what my spirit sees it sees | I |
| Leap bark as leaps the thunderbrand | A |
| Land ho land | A |
Thomas Edward Brown
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