The Higher Pantheism Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEE FF GG HH II| The sun the moon the stars the seas the hills and the plains | A |
| Are not these O Soul the Vision of Him who reigns | A |
| Is not the Vision He tho' He be not that which He seems | B |
| Dreams are true while they last and do we not live in dreams | B |
| Earth these solid stars this weight of body and limb | C |
| Are they not sign and symbol of thy division from Him | C |
| Dark is the world to thee thyself art the reason why | D |
| For is He not all but thou that hast power to feel I am I | D |
| Glory about thee without thee and thou fulfillest thy doom | E |
| Making Him broken gleams and a stifled splendour and gloom | E |
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| Speak to Him thou for He hears and Spirit with Spirit can meet | F |
| Closer is He than breathing and nearer than hands and feet | F |
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| God is law say the wise O soul and let us rejoice | G |
| For if He thunder by law the thunder is yet His voice | G |
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| Law is God say some no God at all says the fool | H |
| For all we have power to see is a straight staff bent in a pool | H |
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| And the ear of man cannot hear and the eye of man cannot see | I |
| But if we could see and hear this Vision were it not He | I |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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