The Bird's Nest. A Tale.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme

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In Scotland's realms where trees are few	A
Nor even shrubs abound	B
But where however bleak the view	A
Some better things are found	B
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For husband there and wife may boast	C
There union undefiled	C
And false ones are as rare almost	C
As hedgerows in the wild	C
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In Scotland's realm forlorn and bare	D
The history chanced of late	C
The history of a wedded pair	D
A chaffinch and his mate	C
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The spring drew near each felt a breast	C
With genial instinct fill'd	C
They pair'd and would have built a nest	C
But found not where to build	C
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The heaths uncover'd and the moors	E
Except with snow and sleet	C
Sea beaten rocks and naked shores	F
Could yield them no retreat	C
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Long time a breeding place they sought	C
Till both grew vex'd and tired	C
At length a ship arriving brought	C
The good so long desired	C
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A ship could such a restless thing	G
Afford them place of rest	C
Or was the merchant charged to bring	G
The homeless birds a nest	C
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Hush silent hearers profit most	C
This racer of the sea	H
Proved kinder to them than the coast	C
It served them with a tree	H
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But such a tree 'twas shaven deal	I
The tree they call a mast	C
And had a hollow with a wheel	I
Through which the tackle pass'd	C
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Within that cavity aloft	C
Their roofless home they fix'd	C
Form'd with materials neat and soft	C
Bents wool and feathers mix'd	C
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Four ivory eggs soon pave its floor	J
With russet specks bedight	C
The vessel weighs forsakes the shore	J
And lessens to the sight	C
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The mother bird is gone to sea	H
As she had changed her kind	C
But goes the male Far wiser he	H
Is doubtless left behind	C
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No soon as from ashore he saw	K
The winged mansion move	L
He flew to reach it by a law	K
Of never failing love	M
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Then perching at his consort's side	C
Was briskly borne along	N
The billows and the blast defied	C
And cheer'd her with a song	N
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The seaman with sincere delight	C
His feather'd shipmates eyes	O
Scarce less exulting in the sight	C
Than when he tows a prize	O
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For seamen much believe in signs	P
And from a chance so new	A
Each some approaching good divines	P
And may his hopes be true	A
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Hail honour'd land a desert where	D
Not even birds can hide	C
Yet parent of this loving pair	D
Whom nothing could divide	C
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And ye who rather than resign	Q
Your matrimonial plan	R
Were not afraid to plough the brine	Q
In company with man	R
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For whose lean country much disdain	S
We English often show	T
Yet from a richer nothing gain	S
But wantonness and woe	T
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Be it your fortune year by year	U
The same resource to prove	L
And may ye sometimes landing here	V
Instruct us how to love	M

William Cowper

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