The Flesh And The Spirit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGCHIIEFJJKLMN OOOOPPQQKKRRSSTT UVVWWXXOONMYYKKZA2IW OOB2B2YYOOA2A2C2YD2D 2E2E2F2F2EOOOOORRCHR RG2G2IH2GI2RRHH2J2J2 RRRRRRI2GRRSS| 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 |
| Sister quoth Flesh 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 | T |
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| Spirit | U |
| Be still thou unregenerate part | V |
| Disturb no more my settled heart | V |
| For I have vow'd and so will do | W |
| Thee as a foe still to pursue | W |
| And combat with thee will and must | X |
| Until I see thee laid in th' dust | X |
| Sister we are yea twins we be | O |
| Yet deadly feud 'twixt thee and me | O |
| For from one father are we not | N |
| Thou by old Adam wast begot | M |
| But my arise is from above | Y |
| Whence my dear father I do love | Y |
| Thou speak'st me fair but hat'st me sore | K |
| Thy flatt'ring shews I'll trust no more | K |
| How oft thy slave hast thou me made | Z |
| When I believ'd what thou hast said | A2 |
| And never had more cause of woe | I |
| Than when I did what thou bad'st do | W |
| I'll stop mine ears at these thy charms | O |
| And count them for my deadly harms | O |
| Thy sinful pleasures I do hate | B2 |
| Thy riches are to me no bait | B2 |
| Thine honours do nor will I love | Y |
| For my ambition lies above | Y |
| My greatest honour it shall be | O |
| When I am victor over thee | O |
| And Triumph shall with laurel head | A2 |
| When thou my Captive shalt be led | A2 |
| How I do live thou need'st not scoff | C2 |
| For I have meat thou know'st not of | Y |
| The hidden Manna I do eat | D2 |
| The word of life it is my meat | D2 |
| My thoughts do yield me more content | E2 |
| Than can thy hours in pleasure spent | E2 |
| Nor are they shadows which I catch | F2 |
| Nor fancies vain at which I snatch | F2 |
| But reach at things that are so high | E |
| Beyond thy dull Capacity | O |
| Eternal substance I do see | O |
| With which inriched I would be | O |
| Mine eye doth pierce the heav'ns and see | O |
| What is Invisible to thee | O |
| My garments are not silk nor gold | R |
| Nor such like trash which Earth doth hold | R |
| But Royal Robes I shall have on | C |
| More glorious than the glist'ring Sun | H |
| My Crown not Diamonds Pearls and gold | R |
| But such as Angels' heads infold | R |
| The City where I hope to dwell | G2 |
| There's none on Earth can parallel | G2 |
| The stately Walls both high and trong | I |
| Are made of precious Jasper stone | H2 |
| The Gates of Pearl both rich and clear | G |
| And Angels are for Porters there | I2 |
| The Streets thereof transparent gold | R |
| Such as no Eye did e're behold | R |
| A Crystal River there doth run | H |
| Which doth proceed from the Lamb's Throne | H2 |
| Of Life there are the waters sure | J2 |
| Which shall remain forever pure | J2 |
| Nor Sun nor Moon they have no need | R |
| For glory doth from God proceed | R |
| No Candle there nor yet Torch light | R |
| For there shall be no darksome night | R |
| From sickness and infirmity | R |
| Forevermore they shall be free | R |
| Nor withering age shall e're come there | I2 |
| But beauty shall be bright and clear | G |
| This City pure is not for thee | R |
| For things unclean there shall not be | R |
| If I of Heav'n may have my fill | S |
| Take thou the world and all that will | S |
Anne Bradstreet
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