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Parables And Riddles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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I	A
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A bridge of pearls its form uprears	B
High o'er a gray and misty sea	B
E'en in a moment it appears	B
And rises upwards giddily	C
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Beneath its arch can find a road	D
The loftiest vessel's mast most high	A
Itself hath never borne a load	D
And seems when thou draw'st near to fly	A
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It comes first with the stream and goes	B
Soon as the watery flood is dried	E
Where may be found this bridge disclose	B
And who its beauteous form supplied	E
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II	A
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It bears thee many a mile away	F
And yet its place it changes ne'er	G
It has no pinions to display	F
And yet conducts thee through the air	G
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It is the bark of swiftest motion	H
That every weary wanderer bore	I
With speed of thought the greatest ocean	H
It carries thee in safety o'er	J
One moment wafts thee to the shore	I
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III	A
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Upon a spacious meadow play	F
Thousands of sheep of silvery hue	K
And as we see them move to day	F
The man most aged saw them too	K
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They ne'er grow old and from a rill	C
That never dries their life is drawn	L
A shepherd watches o'er them still	C
With curved and beauteous silver horn	M
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He drives them out through gates of gold	N
And every night their number counts	B
Yet ne'er has lost of all his fold	N
One lamb though oft that path he mounts	B
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A hound attends him faithfully	C
A nimble ram precedes the way	F
Canst thou point out that flock to me	C
And who the shepherd canst thou say	F
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IV	A
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There stands a dwelling vast and tall	C
On unseen columns fair	G
No wanderer treads or leaves its hall	C
And none can linger there	G
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Its wondrous structure first was planned	O
With art no mortal knows	B
It lights the lamps with its own hand	O
'Mongst which it brightly glows	B
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It has a roof as crystal bright	P
Formed of one gem of dazzling light	P
Yet mortal eye has ne'er	G
Seen Him who placed it there	G
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V	A
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Within a well two buckets lie	A
One mounts and one descends	B
When one is full and rises high	A
The other downward wends	B
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They wander ever to and fro	Q
Now empty are now overflow	Q
If to the mouth thou liftest this	B
That hangs within the dark abyss	B
In the same moment they can ne'er	G
Refresh thee with their treasures fair	G
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VI	A
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Know'st thou the form on tender ground	R
It gives itself its glow its light	P
And though each moment changing found	R
Is ever whole and ever bright	P
In narrow compass 'tis confined	S
Within the smallest frame it lies	B
Yet all things great that move thy mind	S
That form alone to thee supplies	B
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And canst thou too the crystal name	T
No gem can equal it in worth	U
It gleams yet kindles near to flame	T
It sucks in even all the earth	U
Within its bright and wondrous ring	V
Is pictured forth the glow of heaven	H
And yet it mirrors back each thing	V
Far fairer than to it 'twas given	H
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VII	A
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For ages an edifice here has been found	R
It is not a dwelling it is not a Pane	W
A horseman for hundreds of days may ride round	R
Yet the end of his journey he ne'er can attain	W
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Full many a century o'er it has passed	X
The might of the storm and of time it defies	B
Neath the rainbow of Heaven stands free to the last	X
In the ocean it dips and soars up to the skies	B
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It was not vain glory that bade its erection	H
It serves as a refuge a shield a protection	H
Its like on the earth never yet has been known	Y
And yet by man's hand it is fashioned alone	Y
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VIII	A
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Among all serpents there is one	H
Born of no earthly breed	Z
In fury wild it stands alone	Y
And in its matchless speed	Z
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With fearful voice and headlong force	B
It rushes on its prey	F
And sweeps the rider and his horse	B
In one fell swoop away	F
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The highest point it loves to gain	W
And neither bar nor lock	A2
Its fiery onslaught can restrain	W
And arms invite its shock	A2
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It tears in twain like tender grass	B
The strongest forest trees	B
It grinds to dust the hardened brass	B
Though stout and firm it be	A
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And yet this beast that none can tame	T
Its threat ne'er twice fulfils	B
It dies in its self kindled flame	T
And dies e'en when it kills	B
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IX	B
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We children six our being had	B2
From a most strange and wondrous pair	G
Our mother ever grave and sad	B2
Our father ever free from care	G
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Our virtues we from both receive	A
Meekness from her from him our light	P
And so in endless youth we weave	A
Round thee a circling figure bright	P
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We ever shun the caverns black	C2
And revel in the glowing day	F
'Tis we who light the world's dark track	C2
With our life's clear and magic ray	F
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Spring's joyful harbingers are we	A
And her inspiring streams we swell	C
And so the house of death we flee	A
For life alone must round us dwell	C
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Without us is no perfect bliss	B
When man is glad we too attend	D2
And when a monarch worshipped is	B
To him our majesty attend	D2
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X	B
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What is the thing esteemed by few	A
The monarch's hand it decks with pride	E
Yet it is made to injure too	A
And to the sword is most allied	E
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No blood it sheds yet many a wound	R
Inflicts gives wealth yet takes from none	H
Has vanquished e'en the earth's wide round	R
And makes life's current smoothly run	H
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The greatest kingdoms it has framed	E2
The oldest cities reared from dust	F2
Yet war's fierce torch has ne'er inflamed	E2
Happy are they who in it trust	F2
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XI	A
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I live within a dwelling of stone	Y
There buried in slumber I dally	A
Yet armed with a weapon of iron alone	Y
The foe to encounter I sally	A
At first I'm invisible feeble and mean	G2
And o'er me thy breath has dominion	H
I'm easily drowned in a raindrop e'en	H2
Yet in victory waxes my pinion	H
When my sister all powerful gives me her hand	O
To the terrible lord of the world I expand	O
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XII	A
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Upon a disk my course I trace	A
There restlessly forever flit	I2
Small is the circuit I embrace	A
Two hands suffice to cover it	I2
Yet ere that field I traverse I	A
Full many a thousand mile must go	Q
E'en though with tempest speed I fly	A
Swifter than arrow from a bow	J2
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XIII	A
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A bird it is whose rapid motion	H
With eagle's flight divides the air	G
A fish it is and parts the ocean	H
That bore a greater monster ne'er	G
An elephant it is whose rider	J
On his broad back a tower has put	K2
'Tis like the reptile base the spider	J
Whenever it extends its foot	K2
And when with iron tooth projecting	V
It seeks its own life blood to drain	W
On footing firm itself erecting	V
It braves the raging hurricane	W