Flesh And The Spirit, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGCHIIEFJJKLMN OOOOPPQQKKRRSSTT| In secret place where once I stood | A |
| Close by the Banks of Lacrim flood | B |
| I heard two sisters reason on | C |
| Things that are past and things to come | D |
| One Flesh was call'd who had her eye | E |
| On worldly wealth and vanity | F |
| The other Spirit who did rear | G |
| Her thoughts unto a higher sphere | G |
| quot Sister quot quoth Flesh quot what liv'st thou on | C |
| Nothing but Meditation | H |
| Doth Contemplation feed thee so | I |
| Regardlessly to let earth go | I |
| Can Speculation satisfy | E |
| Notion without Reality | F |
| Dost dream of things beyond the Moon | J |
| And dost thou hope to dwell there soon | J |
| Hast treasures there laid up in store | K |
| That all in th' world thou count'st but poor | L |
| Art fancy sick or turn'd a Sot | M |
| To catch at shadows which are not | N |
| Come come I'll show unto thy sense | O |
| Industry hath its recompence | O |
| What canst desire but thou maist see | O |
| True substance in variety | O |
| Dost honour like Acquire the same | P |
| As some to their immortal fame | P |
| And trophies to thy name erect | Q |
| Which wearing time shall ne'er deject | Q |
| For riches dost thou long full sore | K |
| Behold enough of precious store | K |
| Earth hath more silver pearls and gold | R |
| Than eyes can see or hands can hold | R |
| Affects thou pleasure Take thy fill | S |
| Earth hath enough of what you will | S |
| Then let not go what thou maist find | T |
| For things unknown only in mind quot | T |
Anne Bradstreet
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Verses Upon The Burning Of Our House, July 18th, 1666 Poem
In My Solitary Hours In My Dear Husband His Absence Poem>>