The Book Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDDCEFFEEE| Gallery of sacred pictures manifold | A |
| A minster rich in holy effigies | B |
| And bearing on entablature and frieze | B |
| The hieroglyphic oracles of old | A |
| Along its transept aureoled martyrs sit | C |
| And the low chancel side lights half acquaint | D |
| The eye with shrines of prophet bard and saint | D |
| Their age dimmed tablets traced in doubtful writ | C |
| But only when on form and word obscure | E |
| Falls from above the white supernal light | F |
| We read the mystic characters aright | F |
| And life informs the silent portraiture | E |
| Until we pause at last awe held before | E |
| The One ineffable Face love wonder and adore | E |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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