Wreck Of The Schooner Samuel Crawford Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BBCC DDEE EEFF DDGG HHIJ KFFF FFLL MNOO HHLL AAPP QQRR SSMM AAEE| 'Twas in the year of and on the th of November | A |
| Which the surviving crew of the Samuel Crawford will long remember | A |
| She was bound to Baltimore with a cargo of pine lumber | A |
| But alas the crew suffered greatly from cold and hunger | A |
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| 'Twas on December rd when about ten miles south west | B |
| Of Currituck light and scudding at her best | B |
| That a heavy gale struck her a merciless blow | C |
| Which filled the hearts of the crew with fear and woe | C |
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| Then the merciless snow came down hiding everything from view | D |
| And as the night closed in the wind tempestuous blew | D |
| Still the brave crew reefed the spanker and all the sails | E |
| While not one amongst them with fear bewails | E |
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| Still the gallant little schooner ploughed on the seas | E |
| Through the blinding snow and the stormy breeze | E |
| Until it increased to a fearful hurricane | F |
| Yet the crew wrought manfully and didn't complain | F |
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| But during the night the wind it harder blew | D |
| And the brave little schooner was hove to | D |
| And on the morning of December the th the wind died out | G |
| But it rent the schooner from stem to stern without any doubt | G |
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| And the seas were running mountains high | H |
| While the poor sailors no doubt heaved many a sigh | H |
| Because they must have felt cold and the schooner sprung a leak | I |
| Still they wrought while their hearts were like to break | J |
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| Then the wind it sprang up in terrific fury again | K |
| But the crew baled out the water with might and main | F |
| But still the water fast on them did gain | F |
| Yet the brave heroes disdained to complain | F |
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| On the morning of December the th she was scudding before a hurricane | F |
| And the crew were exhausted but managed the poop to gain | F |
| And the vessel was tossed like a cork on the wave | L |
| While the brave crew expected to meet with a watery grave | L |
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| And huge beams and pine planks were washed overboard | M |
| While Captain Tilton looked on and said never a word | N |
| And the crew likewise felt quite content | O |
| Until the fore and aft rigging overboard went | O |
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| Then loudly for help to God they did cry | H |
| And to their earnest prayer He did draw nigh | H |
| And saved them from a watery grave | L |
| When help from Him they did crave | L |
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| Poor souls they expected to be engulfed every hour | A |
| And to appease their hunger they made dough with salt water and flour | A |
| And made a sort of hard cake placed over a griddle hole | P |
| To satisfy their hunger which alas is hard to thole | P |
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| And two of these cakes each man got per day | Q |
| Which the poor creatures devoured in a ravenous way | Q |
| Along with a little fresh water to wash it down | R |
| Which they most thankfully praised God for and didn't frown | R |
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| And on the th of December when they had burned their last light | S |
| The ship Orinoco bound for New York hove in sight | S |
| And they were rescued safely and taken on board | M |
| And they thanked the Captain and likewise the Lord | M |
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| Then the Captain of the Orinoco ordered her to be set on fire | A |
| Which was quickly done as he did desire | A |
| Which caused the rescued crew to stare in amaze | E |
| And to take the last look of their schooner in a blaze | E |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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