Sonnet. On Mrs. Kemble's Readings From Shakespeare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAABBADEFFGG| O precious evenings all too swiftly sped | A |
| Leaving us heirs to amplest heritages | B |
| Of all the best thoughts of the greatest sages | C |
| And giving tongues unto the silent dead | A |
| How our hearts glowed and trembled as she read | A |
| Interpreting by tones the wondrous pages | B |
| Of the great poet who foreruns the ages | B |
| Anticipating all that shall be said | A |
| O happy Reader having for thy text | D |
| The magic book whose Sibylline leaves have caught | E |
| The rarest essence of all human thought | F |
| O happy Poet by no critic vext | F |
| How must thy listening spirit now rejoice | G |
| To be interpreted by such a voice | G |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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