The Bibliomaniac's Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEF GAGAHIHIGJGK| Keep me I pray in wisdom's way | A |
| That I may truths eternal seek | B |
| I need protecting care to day | A |
| My purse is light my flesh is weak | B |
| So banish from my erring heart | C |
| All baleful appetites and hints | D |
| Of Satan's fascinating art | C |
| Of first editions and of prints | D |
| Direct me in some godly walk | E |
| Which leads away from bookish strife | F |
| That I with pious deed and talk | E |
| May extra illustrate my life | F |
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| But if O Lord it pleaseth Thee | G |
| To keep me in temptation's way | A |
| I humbly ask that I may be | G |
| Most notably beset to day | A |
| Let my temptation be a book | H |
| Which I shall purchase hold and keep | I |
| Whereon when other men shall look | H |
| They'll wail to know I got it cheap | I |
| Oh let it such a volume be | G |
| As in rare copperplates abounds | J |
| Large paper clean and fair to see | G |
| Uncut unique unknown to Lowndes | K |
Eugene Field
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