By The Seaside Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFFFGGFFHH FFIIJJFFFFKLHHHMMHH| The sun is couched the sea fowl gone to rest | A |
| And the wild storm hath somewhere found a nest | A |
| Air slumbers wave with wave no longer strives | B |
| Only a heaving of the deep survives | B |
| A tell tale motion soon will it be laid | C |
| And by the tide alone the water swayed | C |
| Stealthy withdrawings interminglings mild | D |
| Of light with shade in beauty reconciled | D |
| Such is the prospect far as sight can range | E |
| The soothing recompence the welcome change | E |
| Where now the ships that drove before the blast | F |
| Threatened by angry breakers as they passed | F |
| And by a train of flying clouds bemocked | F |
| Or in the hollow surge at anchor rocked | F |
| As on a bed of death Some lodge in peace | G |
| Saved by His care who bade the tempest cease | G |
| And some too heedless of past danger court | F |
| Fresh gales to waft them to the far off port | F |
| But near or hanging sea and sky between | H |
| Not one of all those winged powers is seen | H |
| Seen in her course nor 'mid this quiet heard | F |
| Yet oh how gladly would the air be stirred | F |
| By some acknowledgment of thanks and praise | I |
| Soft in its temper as those vesper lays | I |
| Sung to the Virgin while accordant oars | J |
| Urge the slow bark along Calabrian shores | J |
| A sea born service through the mountains felt | F |
| Till into one loved vision all things melt | F |
| Or like those hymns that soothe with graver sound | F |
| The gulfy coast of Norway iron bound | F |
| And from the wide and open Baltic rise | K |
| With punctual care Lutherian harmonies | L |
| Hush not a voice is here but why repine | H |
| Now when the star of eve comes forth to shine | H |
| On British waters with that look benign | H |
| Ye mariners that plough your onward way | M |
| Or in the haven rest or sheltering bay | M |
| May silent thanks at least to God be given | H |
| With a full heart our thoughts are 'heard' in heaven | H |
William Wordsworth
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