The Steerman's Song, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCDEDEDF GHGHIJIJK LMNMOPOPG| WRITTEN ABOARD THE BOSTON FRIGATE | A |
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| TH APRIL | B |
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| When freshly blows the northern gale | C |
| And under courses snug we fly | D |
| Or when light breezes swell the sail | C |
| And royals proudly sweep the sky | D |
| 'Longside the wheel unwearied still | E |
| I stand and as my watchful eye | D |
| Doth mark the needle's faithful thrill | E |
| I think of her I love and cry | D |
| Port my boy port | F |
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| When calms delay or breezes blow | G |
| Right from the point we wish to steer | H |
| When by the wind close hauled we go | G |
| And strive in vain the port to near | H |
| I think 'tis thus the fates defer | I |
| My bliss with one that's far away | J |
| And while remembrance springs to her | I |
| I watch the sails and sighing say | J |
| Thus my boy thus | K |
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| But see the wind draws kindly aft | L |
| All hands are up the yards to square | M |
| And now the floating stu'n sails waft | N |
| Our stately ship thro' waves and air | M |
| Oh then I think that yet for me | O |
| Some breeze of fortune thus may spring | P |
| Some breeze to waft me love to thee | O |
| And in that hope I smiling sing | P |
| Steady boy so | G |
Thomas Moore
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