My Library Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCC BCBCDDD CECEFFF CCCCGGG HIHIJJJ CECEKKK LMLMNNN OHOHPPP CJCJFFF QRQRSSS TCTCBBBShrine of my mind my Library | A |
Each morn I greet thee with delight | B |
When soul refreshed I bring to thee | A |
The benediction of the night | B |
Encompassed by thy sheltering walls | C |
'Mid books whose interest enthralls | C |
Life's shadow from my spirit falls | C |
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Behold above the wooded height | B |
The sun god's glittering disk appears | C |
And at a bound its flood of light | B |
The intervening valley clears | C |
Enveloped in its noiseless tide | D |
Each castle on the mountain side | D |
Stands forth in splendor glorified | D |
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How welcome are the yellow waves | C |
That through the eastern windows pour | E |
And with a warmth my nature craves | C |
Transmute to gold the polished floor | E |
Then mount to gild my desk my chair | F |
And e'en the spotless paper there | F |
Which soon my written thought must bear | F |
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In serried ranks around me rise | C |
Two thousand tried and trusty friends | C |
Instructive famous witty wise | C |
Each gladly his assistance lends | C |
To suit at will my varying mood | G |
But none that aid will e'er intrude | G |
Or break unsought my solitude | G |
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Some speak of problems of the soul | H |
Profound insoluble sublime | I |
Some tell of Law's supreme control | H |
And some retrace through distant time | I |
The evolution of mankind | J |
And in its ever broadening mind | J |
A hope for future triumphs find | J |
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A few the noble deeds rehearse | C |
Of heroes famed in peace or war | E |
While many in inspiring verse | C |
Show heights to which the soul may soar | E |
But all with serious thoughts are filled | K |
And some hold truths from life distilled | K |
Whose power my heart hath often thrilled | K |
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By such companions cheered and blest | L |
How vapid seems the listless throng | M |
Of those who tortured by unrest | L |
Find life too dull and days too long | M |
And idly frittering time away | N |
As scandal mongers rend and slay | N |
The friends they dined with yesterday | N |
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My Library to thee I turn | O |
As turns the needle toward the pole | H |
And feel my heart within me yearn | O |
For all thou offerest to the soul | H |
Why should I join in feverish haste | P |
The crowd for which I have no taste | P |
The precious boon of life to waste | P |
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Yet not as an austere recluse | C |
Still less as one who hates mankind | J |
Do I thy peaceful precincts choose | C |
But as a student who can find | J |
No joys in Vanity's gay Fair | F |
That for an instant can compare | F |
With those thou askest me to share | F |
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Moreover welcome as the sun | Q |
Are friends whose love I prize and hold | R |
Their visits I would never shun | Q |
To them my heart grows never cold | R |
And whether they have wealth or fame | S |
Or bear a plain or titled name | S |
To me will always be the same | S |
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Nor am I ever quite alone | T |
When thus ensconced among my books | C |
A kindred mind there meets my own | T |
And with me toward the sunset looks | C |
With blazing logs the hearth is bright | B |
A treasured volume is in sight | B |
Hence to the outer world good night | B |
John L. Stoddard
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