Song Of The Spirit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEBB FFGG HHCC IIJJ DDKK| Too sweet and too subtle for pen or for tongue | A |
| In phrases unwritten and measures unsung | A |
| As deep and as strange as the sounds of the sea | B |
| Is the song that my spirit is singing to me | B |
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| In the midnight and tempest when forest trees shiver | C |
| In the roar of the surf and the rush of the river | C |
| In the rustle of leaves and the fall of the rain | D |
| And on the low breezes I catch the refrain | D |
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| From the vapours that frame and envelop the earth | E |
| And beyond from the realms where my spirit had birth | E |
| From the mists of the land and the fogs of the sea | B |
| For ever and ever the songs come to me | B |
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| I know not its wording its import I know | F |
| For the rhythm is broken the measure runs low | F |
| When vexed or allured by the things of this life | G |
| My soul is merged into its pleasures or strife | G |
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| When up to the hill tops of beauty and light | H |
| My soul like a lark in the ether takes flight | H |
| And the white gates of heaven shine brighter and nearer | C |
| The song of the spirit grows sweeter and clearer | C |
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| Up up to the realms where no mortal has trod | I |
| Into space and infinity near to my God | I |
| With whiteness and silence and beautiful things | J |
| I am bourne when the voice of eternity sings | J |
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| When once in the winds or the dropp of the rain | D |
| Thy spirit shall listen and hear the refrain | D |
| Thy soul shall soar up like a bird on the breeze | K |
| And the things that have pleased thee will never more please | K |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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