At Dover, 1786 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDDCEFFEGGThou whose stern spirit loves the storm | A |
That borne on Terror's desolating wings | B |
Shakes the high forest or remorseless flings | B |
The shivered surge when rising griefs deform | A |
Thy peaceful breast hie to yon steep and think | C |
When thou dost mark the melancholy tide | D |
Beneath thee and the storm careering wide | D |
Tossed on the surge of life how many sink | C |
And if thy cheek with one kind tear be wet | E |
And if thy heart be smitten when the cry | F |
Of danger and of death is heard more nigh | F |
Oh learn thy private sorrows to forget | E |
Intent when hardest beats the storm to save | G |
One who like thee has suffered from the wave | G |
William Lisle Bowles
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