The Stars Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDD BBEE BBFF GGHH BBII JJBB KKBB LLBB MMNN CCOO| The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handy work | A |
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| Psalm xix | B |
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| NO cloud obscures the summer sky | C |
| The moon in brightness walks on high | C |
| And set in azure every star | D |
| Shines like a gem of heaven afar | D |
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| Child of the earth oh lift thy glance | B |
| To yon bright firmament's expanse | B |
| The glories of its realm explore | E |
| And gaze and wonder and adore | E |
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| Doth it not speak to every sense | B |
| The marvels of Omnipotence | B |
| Seest thou not there th' Almighty name | F |
| Inscribed in characters of flame | F |
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| Count o'er those lamps of quenchless light | G |
| That sparkle through the shades of night | G |
| Behold them can a mortal boast | H |
| To number that celestial host | H |
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| Mark well each little star whose rays | B |
| In distant splendor meet thy gaze | B |
| Each is a world by Him sustained | I |
| Who from eternity hath reigned | I |
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| Each shining not for earth alone | J |
| Hath suns and planets of its own | J |
| And beings whose existence springs | B |
| From Him th' all powerful King of kings | B |
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| Haply those glorious beings know | K |
| Nor stain of guilt nor tear of woe | K |
| But raising still th' adoring voice | B |
| For ever in their God rejoice | B |
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| What then art thou oh child of clay | L |
| Amid creation's grandeur say | L |
| E'en as an insect on the breeze | B |
| E'en as a dew drop lost in seas | B |
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| Yet fear thou not the sovereign hand | M |
| Which spread the ocean and the land | M |
| And hung the rolling spheres in air | N |
| Hath e'en for thee a Father's care | N |
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| Be thou at peace th' all seeing eye | C |
| Pervading earth and air and sky | C |
| The searching glance which none may flee | O |
| Is still in mercy turned on thee | O |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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