Sonnet. Written In A Copy Of Falconer's "shipwreck." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDDCEFEFEF| What pale and bleeding youth whilst the fell blast | A |
| Howls o'er the wreck and fainter sinks the cry | B |
| Of struggling wretches ere o'erwhelmed they die | B |
| Yet floats upborne upon the driving mast | A |
| O poor Arion has thy sweetest strain | C |
| That charmed old ocean's wildest solitude | D |
| At this dread hour his waves' dark might subdued | D |
| Let sea maids thy reclining head sustain | C |
| And wipe the blood and briny drops that soil | E |
| Thy features give once more the wreathed shell | F |
| To ring with melody Ah fruitless toil | E |
| O'er thy devoted head the tempests swell | F |
| More loud relentless ocean claims his spoil | E |
| Peace and may weeping sea maids sing thy knell | F |
William Lisle Bowles
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