Stars And The Soul Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ KKLL JJMN OOJJ| To Charles A Young Astronomer | A |
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| Two things the wise man said fill me with awe | B |
| The starry heavens and the moral law | C |
| Nay add another wonder to thy roll | D |
| The living marvel of the human soul | D |
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| Born in the dust and cradled in the dark | E |
| It feels the fire of an immortal spark | E |
| And learns to read with patient searching eyes | F |
| The splendid secret of the unconscious skies | F |
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| For God thought Light before He spoke the word | G |
| The darkness understood not though it heard | G |
| But man looks up to where the planets swim | H |
| And thinks God's thoughts of glory after Him | H |
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| What knows the star that guides the sailor's way | I |
| Or lights the lover's bower with liquid ray | I |
| Of toil and passion danger and distress | J |
| Brave hope true love and utter faithfulness | J |
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| But human hearts that suffer good and ill | K |
| And hold to virtue with a loyal will | K |
| Adorn the law that rules our mortal strife | L |
| With star surpassing victories of life | L |
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| So take our thanks dear reader of the skies | J |
| Devout astronomer most humbly wise | J |
| For lessons brighter than the stars can give | M |
| And inward light that helps us all to live | N |
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| The world has brought the laurel leaves to crown | O |
| The star discoverer's name with high renown | O |
| Accept the flower of love we lay with these | J |
| For influence sweeter than the Pleiades | J |
Henry Van Dyke
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