The Spacious Firmament On High Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGEEEEHH IIJJ| The Spacious Firmament on high | A |
| With all the blue Ethereal Sky | A |
| And spangled Heav'ns a Shining Frame | B |
| Their great Original proclaim | B |
| Th' unwearied Sun from day to day | C |
| Does his Creator's Pow'r display | C |
| And publishes to every Land | D |
| The Work of an Almighty Hand | D |
| - | |
| Soon as the Evening Shades prevail | E |
| The Moon takes up the wondrous Tale | E |
| And nightly to the list'ning Earth | F |
| Repeats the Story of her Birth | F |
| Whilst all the Stars that round her burn | G |
| And all the Planets in their turn | G |
| Confirm the Tidings as they rowl | E |
| And spread the Truth from Pole to Pole | E |
| What though in solemn Silence all | E |
| Move round the dark terrestrial Ball | E |
| What tho' nor real Voice nor Sound | H |
| Amid their radiant Orbs be found | H |
| - | |
| In Reason's Ear they all rejoice | I |
| And utter forth a glorious Voice | I |
| For ever singing as they shine | J |
| The Hand that made us is Divine | J |
Joseph Addison
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