To The Immortal Memory Of The Halibut, On Which I Dined This Day, Monday, April 26, 1784. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST UVWXYZA2| Where hast thou floated in what seas pursued | A |
| Thy pastime when wast thou an egg new spawn'd | B |
| Lost in the immensity of ocean's waste | C |
| Roar as they might the overbearing winds | D |
| That rock'd the deep thy cradle thou wast safe | E |
| And in thy minikin and embryo state | F |
| Attach'd to the firm leaf of some salt weed | G |
| Didst outlive tempests such as wrung and rack'd | H |
| The joints of many a stout and gallant bark | I |
| And whelm'd them in the unexplored abyss | J |
| Indebted to no magnet and no chart | K |
| Nor under guidance of the polar fire | L |
| Thou wast a voyager on many coasts | M |
| Grazing at large in meadows submarine | N |
| Where flat Batavia just emerging peeps | O |
| Above the brine where Caledonia's rocks | P |
| Beat back the surge and where Hibernia shoots | Q |
| Her wondrous causeway far into the main | R |
| Wherever thou hast fed thou little thought'st | S |
| And I not more that I should feed on thee | T |
| Peace therefore and good health and much good fish | U |
| To him who sent thee and success as oft | V |
| As it descends into the billowy gulf | W |
| To the same drag that caught thee Fare thee well | X |
| Thy lot thy brethren of the slimy fin | Y |
| Would envy could they know that thou wast doom'd | Z |
| To feed a bard and to be praised in verse | A2 |
William Cowper
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