By The Window Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIDJDK LMNIODPQORS D OTUDVWDXYOZZA2IMRB2C 2DD2E2DF2G2H2I2J2K2L 2| STILL deep into the West I gazed the light | A |
| Clear spiritual tranquil as a bird | B |
| Wide winged that soars on the smooth gale and sleeps | C |
| Was it from sun far set or moon unrisen | D |
| Whether from moon or sun or angel s face | E |
| It held my heart from motion stayed my blood | F |
| Betrayed each rising thought to quiet death | G |
| Along the blind charm d way to nothingness | H |
| Lull d the last nerve that ached It was a sky | I |
| Made for a man to waste his will upon | D |
| To be received as wiser than all toil | J |
| And much more fair And what was strife of men | D |
| And what was time | K |
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| Then came a certain thing | L |
| Are intimations for the elected soul | M |
| Dubious obscure of unauthentic power | N |
| Since ghostly to the intellectual eye | I |
| Shapeless to thinking Nay but are not we | O |
| Servile to words and an usurping brain | D |
| Infidels of our own high mysteries | P |
| Until the senses thicken and lose the world | Q |
| Until the imprisoned soul forgets to see | O |
| And spreads blind fingers forth to reach the day | R |
| Which once drank light and fed on angels food | S |
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| It happened swiftly came and straight was gone | D |
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| One standing on some aery balcony | O |
| And looking down upon a swarming crowd | T |
| Sees one man beckon to him with finger tip | U |
| While eyes meet eyes he turns and looks again | D |
| The man is lost and the crowd sways and swarms | V |
| Shall such an one say Thus tis proved a dream | W |
| And no hand beckoned no eyes met my own | D |
| Neither can I say this There was a hint | X |
| A thrill a summons faint yet absolute | Y |
| Which ran across the West the sky was touch d | O |
| And failed not to respond Does a hand pass | Z |
| Lightly across your hair you feel it pass | Z |
| Not half so heavy as a cobweb s weight | A2 |
| Although you never stir so felt the sky | I |
| Not unaware of the Presence so my soul | M |
| Scarce less aware And if I cannot say | R |
| The meaning and monition words are weak | B2 |
| Which will not paint the small wing of a moth | C2 |
| Nor bear a subtile odour to the brain | D |
| And much less serve the soul in her large needs | D2 |
| I cannot tell the meaning but a change | E2 |
| Was wrought in me it was not the one man | D |
| Who came to the luminous window to gaze forth | F2 |
| And who moved back into the darkened room | G2 |
| With awe upon his heart and tender hope | H2 |
| From some deep well of life tears rose the throng | I2 |
| Of dusty cares hopes pleasures prides fell off | J2 |
| And from a sacred solitude I gazed | K2 |
| Deep deep into the liquid eyes of Life | L2 |
Edward Dowden
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