Mary. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJKL MNMN OPOP AEAE AQAQ| How oft have I seen her upon the sea shore | A |
| While tearful her face she would hide | B |
| In sad silence the loss of the Sailor deplore | A |
| Who from infancy call'd her his bride | B |
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| The Sailor she lov'd was a Fisherman's son | C |
| All dangers he triumph'd to meet | D |
| Well repaid if a smile from his Mary he won | C |
| As he proffer'd his spoils at her feet | D |
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| But soon from her smiles was he summon'd away | E |
| His fortunes at sea to pursue | F |
| And grav'd on their hearts was the sorrowful day | E |
| That witness'd their final adieu | F |
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| They spoke not ah no for they felt their hearts speak | G |
| A language their tongues could not tell | H |
| As he kiss'd off the tears that fell fast on her cheek | G |
| As she sigh'd on his bosom farewel | H |
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| Full oft the sad season of absence to charm | I |
| To the rock or the dale she retir'd | J |
| Where he told her the story impassion'd and warm | K |
| That faithful affection inspir'd | L |
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| And now on the eve of his promis'd return | M |
| All anxious she flies to the strand | N |
| But the night shades descend ere her eye can discern | M |
| The white sail approaching the land | N |
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| With night comes the tempest unaw'd by the blast | O |
| She stood hem'd by ruin around | P |
| She saw a frail bark on the rugged rock cast | O |
| And heard its lasts signals resound | P |
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| My lover is lost we shall never meet more | A |
| She shriek'd with prophetic dismay | E |
| The morn seal'd her sorrows the wreck on the shore | A |
| Was the vessel that bore him away | E |
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| Each hope her young bosom had cherish'd before | A |
| Was consign'd with the youth to the grave | Q |
| She madden'd she smil'd as her ringlets she tore | A |
| And buried her woes in the wave | Q |
Thomas Gent
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