Shrines Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GBGB| About a holy shrine or sacred place | A |
| Where many hearts have bowed in earnest prayer | B |
| The loveliest spirits congregate from space | A |
| And bring their sweet uplifting influence there | B |
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| If in your chamber you pray oft and well | C |
| Soon will these angel messengers arrive | D |
| And make their home with you and where they dwell | C |
| All worthy toil and purposes shall thrive | D |
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| I know a humble plainly furnished room | E |
| So thronged with presences serene and bright | F |
| The heaviest heart therein forgets its gloom | E |
| As in some gorgeous temple filled with light | F |
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| Those heavenly spirits beauteous and divine | G |
| Live only in an atmosphere of prayer | B |
| Make for yourself a sacred fervent shrine | G |
| And you will find them swiftly flocking there | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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