Sonnet Iii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CDDCDC| O world thou choosest not the better part | A |
| It is not wisdom to be only wise | B |
| And on the inward vision close the eyes | B |
| But it is wisdom to believe the heart | A |
| Columbus found a world and had no chart | A |
| Save one that faith deciphered in the skies | B |
| To trust the soul's invincible surmise | B |
| Was all his science and his only art | A |
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| Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine | C |
| That lights the pathway but one step ahead | D |
| Across a void of mystery and dread | D |
| Bid then the tender light of faith to shine | C |
| By which alone the mortal heart is led | D |
| Unto the thinking of the thought divine | C |
George Santayana
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