Calef In Boston, 1692 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGHGIJIJKLKL IMIEGNENOPOPQFQFCRCS| IN the solemn days of old | A |
| Two men met in Boston town | B |
| One a tradesman frank and bold | A |
| One a preacher of renown | B |
| Cried the last in bitter tone | C |
| 'Poisoner of the wells of truth | D |
| Satan's hireling thou hast sown | C |
| With his tares the heart of youth ' | E |
| Spake the simple tradesman then | F |
| 'God be judge 'twixt thee and me | G |
| All thou knowed of truth hath been | H |
| Once a lie to men like thee | G |
| 'Falsehoods which we spurn to day | I |
| Were the truths of long ago | J |
| Let the dead boughs fall away | I |
| Fresher shall the living grow | J |
| 'God is good and God is light | K |
| In this faith I rest secure | L |
| Evil can but serve the right | K |
| Over all shall love endure | L |
| 'Of your spectral puppet play | I |
| I have traced the cunning wires | M |
| Come what will I needs must say | I |
| God is true and ye are liars ' | E |
| When the thought of man is free | G |
| Error fears its lightest tones | N |
| So the priest cried 'Sadducee ' | E |
| And the people took up stones | N |
| In the ancient burying ground | O |
| Side by side the twain now lie | P |
| One with humble grassy mound | O |
| One with marbles pale and high | P |
| But the Lord hath blest the seed | Q |
| Which that tradesman scattered then | F |
| And the preacher's spectral creed | Q |
| Chills no more the blood of men | F |
| Let us trust to one is known | C |
| Perfect love which casts out fear | R |
| While the other's joys atone | C |
| For the wrong he suffered here | S |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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