The Seas Of England Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFG HIJK CBBC| The seas of England are our old delight | A |
| Let the loud billow of the shingly shore | B |
| Sing freedom on her breezes evermore | B |
| To all earth s ships that sailing heave in sight | A |
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| The gaunt sea nettle be our fortitude | C |
| Sturdily blowing where the clear wave sips | D |
| O be the glory of our men and ships | D |
| Rapturous woe unheeding hardihood | C |
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| There is great courage in a land that hath | E |
| Liberty guarded by the unearthly seas | F |
| And ev n to find peace at the last in these | F |
| How many a sailor hath sailed down to death | G |
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| Their names are like a splendour in an old song | H |
| Their record shines like bays along the years | I |
| Their jubilation is the cry man hears | J |
| Sailing sun fronted the vast deeps among | K |
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| The seas of England are our old delight | C |
| Let the loud billow of the shingly shore | B |
| Sing freedom on her breezes evermore | B |
| To all earth s ships that sailing heave in sight | C |
Walter De La Mare
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