A Boat on the Sea

Ethel Turner 1870 (Doncaster) – 1958 (Mosman)



A BOAT on the sea, my boat,   
 Eager and frail!   
Sweet skies, smile as you look   
 On that fairy sail.   
  
Waves, great waves, many years           
 You have worked your will.   
Just while she passes through,   
 Kind waves, be still.   
  
Winds—and I may not ask   
 That you never blow,           
But spare her the moaning note   
 That the old boats know.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXB XCXC XDAD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 365
Words 61
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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