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A Mahommadan Ship Fireman.

Francis William Lauderdale Adams 1862 – 1893

Up from the oven pit,
The hell where poor men toil,
At the sunset hour he comes
Clean-clothed, washed from soil.
  
On the fo'c's'le head he kneels,
His face to the hallowed West.
He prays, and bows and prays.
Does he pray for death and rest?
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABA BCXC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 235
Words 47
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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Francis William Lauderdale Adams

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