A Prelude, And A Bird's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBACAAADBDEEEFFAAA AGHHG AHHIHIAHIAAJAAKALAMA A

The poet's song and the bird'sA
And the waters' that chant as they runB
And the waves' that kiss the beachC
And the wind's they are but oneB
He who may read their wordsA
And the secret hid in eachC
May know the solemn monochordsA
That breathe in vast still placesA
And the voices of myriad racesA
Shy and far off from manD
That hide in shadow and sunB
And are seen but of him who canD
To him the awful face is shownE
Swathed in a cloud wind blownE
Of Him who from His secret throneE
In some void shadowy and unknown landF
Comes forth to lay His mighty handF
On the sounding organ keysA
That play deep thunder marchesA
Like the rush and the roar of seasA
And fill the cavernous archesA
Of antique wildernesses hoaryG
With a long resounding rollH
As they fill man's listening soulH
With a shuddering sense of might and gloryG
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These he shall hear and more than theseA
In bird's song and in poet's scrollH
Something underneath the wholeH
A music yet unbreathed unsungI
Unwritten incommunicableH
Whispered from no mortal tongueI
What seer nor prophet may rehearseA
In oracle or Delphic fableH
Since the old dead gods were youngI
And made with man their dwelling placeA
But he shall hear of all his raceA
The dread wherefore of life and deathJ
He shall behold the ultimatesA
Of fears and doubts and scores and hatesA
And the sure final crown of faithK
And in his ear the rhythmic verseA
Shall sound the steps of that beyondL
Serene that hastens not nor waitsA
But holds within its depths profoundM
The mystery of all lives all fatesA
The secret of the universeA

Kate Seymour Maclean



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