The Wreck Of The Steamer Mohegan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABB CDEE FFGG HHBB III DDJJ KKLL MMAA BBNN OPEE QQRB AASS BBTT UUTT| Good people of high and low degree | A |
| I pray ye all to list to me | A |
| And I'll relate a terrible tale of the sea | A |
| Concerning the unfortunate steamer Mohegan | B |
| That against the Manacles Rocks ran | B |
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| 'Twas on Friday the th of October in the year of ninety eight | C |
| Which alas must have been a dreadful sight | D |
| She sailed out of the river Thames on Thursday | E |
| While the hearts of the passengers felt light and gay | E |
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| And on board there were passengers and crew | F |
| And each one happier than another seemingly to view | F |
| When suddenly the ship received some terrible shocks | G |
| Until at last she ran against the Manacles Rocks | G |
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| Dinner was just over when the shock took place | H |
| Which caused fear to be depicted in every face | H |
| Because the ship was ripped open and the water rushed in | B |
| It was most dreadful to hear it much such a terrific din | B |
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| Then the cries of children and women did rend the air | I |
| And in despair many of them tore their hair | I |
| As they clung to their babies in wild despair | I |
| While some of them cried 'Oh God do Thou my babies spare ' | - |
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| The disaster occurred between seven and eight o'clock at night | D |
| Which caused some of the passengers to faint with fright | D |
| As she struck on the Manacles Rocks between Falmouth and Lizard Head | J |
| Which filled many of the passengers' hearts with dread | J |
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| Then the scene that followed was awful to behold | K |
| As the captain hurried to the bridge like a hero bold | K |
| And the seamen rushed manfully to their posts | L |
| While many of the passengers with fear looked as pale as ghosts | L |
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| And the poor women and children were chilled to the heart | M |
| And crying aloud for their husbands to come and take their part | M |
| While the officers and crew did their duty manfully | A |
| By launching the boats immediately into the sea | A |
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| Then lifebelts were tied round the women and children | B |
| By the brave officers and gallant seamen | B |
| While the storm fiend did laugh and angry did roar | N |
| When he saw the boats filled with passengers going towards the shore | N |
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| One of the boats alas unfortunately was swamped | O |
| Which caused the officers and seamens' courage to be a little damped | P |
| But they were thankful the other boats got safely away | E |
| And tried hard to save the passengers without dismay | E |
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| Then a shriek of despair arose as the ship is sinking beneath the wave | Q |
| While some of the passengers cried to God their lives to save | Q |
| But the angry waves buffetted the breath out of them | R |
| Alas poor sickly children also women and men | B |
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| Oh heaven it was most heartrending to see | A |
| A little girl crying and imploring most piteously | A |
| For some one to save her as she didn't want to die | S |
| But alas no one seemed to hear her agonizing cry | S |
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| For God's sake boys get clear if ye can | B |
| Were the captain's last words spoken like a brave man | B |
| Then he and the officers sank with the ship in the briny deep | T |
| Oh what a pitiful sight 'tis enough to make one weep | T |
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| Oh think of the passengers that have been tempest tossed | U |
| Besides souls and more that have been lost | U |
| Also think of the mariner while on the briny deep | T |
| And pray to God to protect him at night before ye sleep | T |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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