Tobacco, Rum And Brandy



Waves pound wild 'gainst coastal rocks,
The night is black as coal;
Covert, away from mooring docks
Ten smugglers give their all.

The moon illuminates the sky
It highlights men and boats;
Oilskins donned to keep them dry
As sea-surf salts their coats.

A lookout stationed on the cliff
To sound his signal when,
He notes a troop patrolling - if...
He spies the excise men.

Below him are his hearty mates,
Each adept and handy,
Unloading scores of casks and crates...
 Tobacco, rum and brandy.

Secreted well in ghostly caves
They store their pirate booty;
Thwarted, by the crashing waves,
The taxmen halt their duty.

As daylight breaks upon the beach,
The veil of darkness shed;
The ten are safely beyond reach,
At rest, at home, in bed.

About this poem

Excitement in the moonlight on the Cornish coast of Olde England within these 1998 quatrains

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Submitted by AlanSJeeves on July 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE FGFG HGHG IJIJ
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 712
Words 129
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Alan S Jeeves

Alan S Jeeves is a Lancashire (England) born, Yorkshire based classical poet. more…

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