The Steerman's Song, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCDEDEDF GHGHIJIJK LMNMOPOPGWRITTEN 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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