The Ballad Of The 'britain's Pride' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDABABAE ADFDAAGA HAIAADA A JCHCCKDK AABALAADA| It was a skipper of Lowestoft | A |
| That trawled the northern sea | B |
| In a smack of thrice ten tons and seven | C |
| And the | D |
| Britain's Pride | A |
| was she | B |
| And the waves were high to windward | A |
| And the waves were high to lee | B |
| And he said as he lost his trawl net | A |
| 'What is to be will be ' | E |
| - | |
| His craft she reeled and staggered | A |
| But he headed her for the hithe | D |
| In a storm that threatened to mow her down | F |
| As grass is mown by the scythe | D |
| When suddenly through the cloud rift | A |
| The moon came sailing soft | A |
| And he saw one mast of a sunken ship | G |
| Like a dead arm held aloft | A |
| - | |
| And a voice came faint from the rigging | H |
| 'Help help ' it whispered and sighed | A |
| And a single form to the sole mast clung | I |
| In the roaring darkness wide | A |
| Oh the crew were but four hands all told | A |
| On board of the | D |
| Britain's Pride | A |
| - | |
| And ever 'Hold on till daybreak ' | - |
| Across the night they cried | A |
| - | |
| Slowly melted the darkness | J |
| Slowly rose the sun | C |
| And only the lad in the rigging | H |
| Was left out of thirty one | C |
| To tell the tale of his captain | C |
| The English sailor true | K |
| That did his duty and met his death | D |
| As English sailors do | K |
| - | |
| Peace to the gallant spirit | A |
| The greatly proved and tried | A |
| And to all who have fed the hungry sea | B |
| That is still unsatisfied | A |
| And honour and glory for ever | L |
| While rolls the unresting tide | A |
| To the skipper of little Lowestoft | A |
| And the crew of the | D |
| Britain's Pride | A |
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William Watson
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